Rome's Depravity (from Robert Stapylton, Mores Hominum–The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs, by Juvenal, 1660)

1658

Not on view

after Jan Danckerts. Group of men in a Roman street in foreground at right, others carrying a litter; a woman fighting a boar with a spear in an arena behind; two men playing a game of dice in a small open building in middle ground at left; illusttrates Robert Stapylton, 'Mores Hominum–The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs,' by Juvenal.

Artwork Details

Title: Rome's Depravity (from Robert Stapylton, Mores Hominum–The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs, by Juvenal, 1660)
Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist: Johan Danckerts (Dutch, 1615–1681/87)
Author: Associated with Robert Stapylton (British, active 1669)
Subject: Decimus Junius Juvenal (Aquinum 55/60?–?127/140)
Date: 1658
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in. (30.2 × 20.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 13/16 in. (31.1 × 22.4 cm)
cut into blank margin at bottom; margins outside platemark at top and sides
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.1.37
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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