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Bust of Emperor Nero, plate 12 from Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men, after Peter Paul Rubens, after the Antique
Bust of Emperor Nero, plate 12 from Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men, after Peter Paul Rubens, after the Antique

Bust of Emperor Nero, plate 12 from Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men, after Peter Paul Rubens, after the Antique

Primary (Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, 1603–1658)
NationalityFlemish, Europe
Date1638
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 13 9/16 × 9 11/16 in. (34.5 × 24.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 12 7/16 × 8 in. (31.6 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1102
Keywords
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1102
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Label Text
This print is from a series of twelve engravings by different printmakers after Rubens' drawings of antique marble sculptures. The Bust of Emperor Nero is after a pen drawing by Rubens in the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Rubens' drawing and Pontius' print are after an unidentified marble sculpure that was part of Rubens' antiquities collection acquired after Sir Dudley Carleton in 1618.
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