Plate 17: three busts of Julius Caesar, from "Emperors, Caesars, dictators, their spouses, and their families" (Empereurs, Césars, tyrans, leurs épouses et leurs familles)
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 17: three busts of Julius Caesar, from "Emperors, Caesars, dictators, their spouses, and their families" (Empereurs, Césars, tyrans, leurs épouses et leurs familles)
- Series/Portfolio: Emperors, Caesars, dictators, their spouses, and their families (Empereurs, Césars, tyrans, leurs épouses et leurs familles)
- Artist: Raphael Morghen (Italian, Naples 1758–1833 Florence)
- Artist: After Elie-Honoré Montagny (French, Paris 1782–1864 Paris)
- Artist: After Andrea Tofanelli (Italian, active 1812)
- Subject: Gaius Julius Caesar (Roman, 100 BCE–44 BCE)
- Date: 1817
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 18 7/8 × 12 5/8 in. (48 × 32 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (58.5 × 34.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry Shaw Newman, 1941
- Object Number: 41.97.471
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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