MARS
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink engraving on paper.
Measurements
213 x 110 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.18
Summary
(Folio 5, recto, lower left print) Mars in a niche, holding a sword above his head with his right arm and shield on his left arm.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
9 bottom right: MARS QVI VICTRICI COMITIT PROEDIA DESTRA
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator