Romulus and Remus with the Tiber River God
Italian (Roman) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 762 mm (25 x 30 in)
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271047
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Romulus and Remus with the Tiber River God by Italian (Roman) School, 17th century. Romulus and Remus as babies play in the foreground, the River God watches over them.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Makers and roles
Italian (Roman) School, artist