Design for a Dish with Portraits of the Roman Emperors Nero, Galba, and Caligula

Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Design for a dish with medallions containing the portraits of three Roman Emperors – Nero (top), Galba (left), and Caligula(right) – around a central medallion with the title. To the left and right of the central medallion, scenes with grotesques, including two armored figures jousting towards each other at center. Below, a female figure supported by two mermen and flanked by birds. From a series of four plates.

Design for a Dish with Portraits of the Roman Emperors Nero, Galba, and Caligula, Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Engraving

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