The battle of Cartagena
after Giulio Romano (Rome c.1499 - Mantua 1546)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1539
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
416 x 552 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.119
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-8-25
Summary
(Folio 48, recto) The battle of Cartagena; Roman soldiers in foreground storming a large military fortification with rounded towers at left using ladders.
Marks and inscriptions
Upper centre left: Lettered at upper centre left: "IULIUS ROMANUS/ INVENTOR" Signed with the Pencz monogram at lower centre and lettered on a stone tablet there: "GEOGRIUS PENCZ/ PICTOR NURNBERG/ FACIEBAT ANNO M D/ XXIX"
Makers and roles
after Giulio Romano (Rome c.1499 - Mantua 1546), creator Georg Pencz (Wrocław c.1500 – Leipzig 1550), engraver (printmaker)