De moord op Pompeius, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818

Title(s)

De moord op Pompeius
Morte, di Pompeo (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

88/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-254

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 88

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Dood van Pompejus.’

Description

Nadat Pompeius verslagen was bij de Slag bij Pharsalus, vluchtte hij naar Egypte. Pompeius wordt door Romeinse soldaten vermoord in het bootje tussen zijn galei en de kust van Egypte.

Artist

• print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1791 - 1835 and/or 1818

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 314 mm × width 424 mm

What

• death of Pompey: after leaving his galley, Pompey is murdered in the boat sent to bring him ashore

Where

• Egypte

Credit line

• Gift of J.J. de Man, Ede

Acquisition

gift 1929

Copyright

Public domain

• Bartolomeo Pinelli 1781 - 1835 e il suo tempo, Maurizio Marini, Mario Apolloni, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, p. 303-305, cat.nr. 88