Zaleucus (Seleucus) and his son
Zaleucus and his son; Zaleucus seated turned to right, pointing with his left hand to his left eye, placing his right hand on the shoulder of a woman kneeling at left; his son lying bound in the foreground with man holding knife to his eye; lictors behind, men and women around, within irregular pentagon with text below; after Giulio Romano.
Artwork Details
- Title: Zaleucus (Seleucus) and his son
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
- Dedicatee: Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (British, Finchingfield, Essex 1585–1646 Padua, Italy)
- Date: 1637
- Medium: Etching, only state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/16 in. (27.8 × 34.2 cm)
Cut into image and text at sides - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.18-100
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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