Plate 7: Marcus Aurelius on horseback facing two kneeling prisoners who are appealing for his clemency .Series: Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum (The Wonders of Ancient Rome)(The Wonders of Ancient Rome)
Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1693
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
298 x 201 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.23
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG44264
Summary
(Folio 18, recto, lower print) Plate 7: Marcus Aurelius on horseback facing two kneeling prisoners who are appealing for his clemency, after an antique relief in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.
Marks and inscriptions
Below: Lettered below with the title beginning with 'Adventus Augusti Syriae Hoc est Marci Aurelii [...] Confirmavit Xiphil et Capitolinus', and production details below 'Io. Iacobi de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templum pacis cum Pri. S. Pont/ Petrus Sanctus Bartolus del. et fec./ In Capitolio.' Numbered '7' at lower right.
Makers and roles
Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700), engraver (inciser) Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, publisher