Romulus bevrijdt zijn broer Remus, Louis de Châtillon (rejected attribution), after François Tortebat, after Annibale Carracci, 1659

Title(s)

Romulus bevrijdt zijn broer Remus
Verhaal van Romulus en Remus (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/14

Object number

RP-P-H-H-946

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 101

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• number: ‘135.’
• number: ‘136.’

Artist

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

Place

Bologna

Dating

1659

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 448 mm × width 453 mm

What

• Romulus comes to Remus' rescue; Amulius is killed

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. 101