Hadrianus ontmoet Androclus, Agostino Veneziano, after Rafaël, 1500 - c. 1536

Title(s)

Hadrianus ontmoet Androclus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-36.608

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 196
• Bartsch 196

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De Romeinse keizer Hadrianus, te paard, ontmoet Androclus die links staat te midden van Romeinse soldaten. Naast Androclus de leeuw uit wiens poot hij een doorn verwijderde.

Artist

• print maker: Agostino Veneziano (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Rafaël (possibly)

Place

Italy

Dating

1500 - c. 1536

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 404 mm × width 270 mm

What

• Androclus, when thrown to the lions in the arena, is not harmed, because he is recognized by the lion, whose paw he had cured (Androclus is subsequently pardoned by the Emperor Hadrian)

Who

• Hadrianus (keizer van het Romeinse Rijk)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 26, p. 193, cat.nr. 196
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 14, p. 160, cat.nr. 196