Romulus en Remus bij de wolvin, Louis de Châtillon (rejected attribution), after François Tortebat, after Annibale Carracci, 1659

Title(s)

Romulus en Remus bij de wolvin
Verhaal van Romulus en Remus (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

1/14

Object number

RP-P-H-H-942

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 98

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11

Artist

• print maker: Louis de Châtillon (rejected attribution)
• print maker: Jean Boulanger (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Jean Lepautre (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: François Tortebat (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Annibale Carracci (mentioned on object)
• publisher: François Tortebat (mentioned on object)
• unknown (mentioned on object)

Place

Bologna

Dating

1659

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 455 mm × width 462 mm

What

• Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana'

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 2, p. 19, cat.nr. 98