Horatius Cocles springt in de Tiber, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1506 - 1538

Title(s)

Horatius Cocles springt in de Tiber

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-2952

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Altdorfer) e.35
• The Illustrated Bartsch 29

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘38’

Description

De Romeinse Horatius Cocles springt met zijn gehele wapenuitrusting aan van de brug af in de rivier de Tiber, nadat hij de Etrusken eigenhandig had verslagen. Op de oever een legerkamp.

Artist

• print maker: Albrecht Altdorfer (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Albrecht Altdorfer

Place

Germany

Dating

c. 1506 - 1538

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 65 mm × width 37 mm

What

• Horatius Cocles at the Pons Sublicius: single-handed he keeps the Etruscans at bay while the bridge is broken down by the Romans behind him; he escapes by jumping into the Tiber

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Albrecht and Erhard Altdorfer, Ursula Mielke, p. 35, cat.nr. e.35