The Fall of Carthage

Georg Pencz German

After Giulio Romano Italian

Publisher Carlo Losi Italian

ca. 1550 (republished 1773)

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: The Fall of Carthage
Artist: Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig)
Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
Publisher: Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757– after 1805)
Date: ca. 1550 (republished 1773)
Medium: Engraving; seventh state of seven (Hollstein)
Dimensions: Plate: 16 9/16 × 21 15/16 in. (42 × 55.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 22 13/16 in. (44.5 × 57.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.40.45
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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