Cloelia crossing the Tiber on horseback, she is holding on to another woman, to either side are female figures.
Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c.1580)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1530 - 1550
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
300 x 430 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.115
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_H-7-86 Possibly related to a fresco by Polidoro da Caravaggio from 1526-7 on the facade of the Chiavica di Santa Lucia in Rome, as recorded by Vasari
Summary
(Folio 45, recto, upper print) Cloelia crossing the Tiber on horseback, she is holding on to another woman, to either side are female figures.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: Lettered in bottom right 'Ant Lafreri / Seqvani Formis' and on stone 'Iv Bonaso Imitando pinsit / celavit.'
Makers and roles
Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c.1580), creator Antoine Lafréry (Orgelet-le-Bourget 1512 - Rome 1577)., publisher