The Murder of Julius Caesar (Iulius Caesar Veneris beneficio in Cometam mutatur), plate 150 from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

Antonio Tempesta Italian

Subject Gaius Julius Caesar Roman

1606

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: The Murder of Julius Caesar (Iulius Caesar Veneris beneficio in Cometam mutatur), plate 150 from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
Series/Portfolio: Metamorphoses
Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
Subject: Gaius Julius Caesar (Roman, 100 BCE–44 BCE)
Date: 1606
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (10.4 × 11.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.4001
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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