Portrait of Emperor Titus, from a series dedicated to Roman emperors, ca. 1597 - 1629, ca. 1624 - 1650

engravings, paper
344 x 240 mm
Inv. 2014-NK

Aegidius II Sadeler

Antwerp 1568 - Prague 1629
engravers (printmakers)

Titian

Pieve di Cadore 1488 - 1490 - Venice 1576
after

Marcus Sadeler

Munich 1614 - circa 1650 - 1660
publisher

print room figures (representations) portraits male sex; man adult man 16th century 17th century

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Aegidius II Sadeler's engraving of emperor Titus Vespasianus is based on one of Titian's paintings of the 12 Roman emperors, a series destroyed by fire in Madrid in 1734.

Artist	Aegidius II Sadeler RKD Antwerp 1568 - Prague 1629 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Titian RKD VIAF Wikidata Pieve di Cadore 1488 - 1490 - Venice 1576 after
	Marcus Sadeler RKD Munich 1614 - circa 1650 - 1660 publisherAAT
Title	Portrait of Emperor Titus, from a series dedicated to Roman emperors
Date	ca. 1597 - 1629 ca. 1624 - 1650
Period	16th century 17th century
Location	Prague TGN Venice TGN
Medium and support	engravings AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	printed inscription at the top, outside the depiction: D. TITVS VESPASIAN.'
	printed inscription outside the depiction, below: XI. Laudatae soboles stirpis laudatior ipse, / O Tite, virtutum clara propago Patris. / Delitiae, quo tum viuebas, atq- ainor, aeui /Vne voluntates surripuiSse sagax. / Vsurpet sine laude qius o’tam nobile nomen. / Tempora iam quod ad haec obsolet ista minus. / Perdidit, heu, subito quod non te numen amicum./ Si Tibi res fuerat perdere acerba diem.
	printed inscription outside the depiction, below: AEgidius Sadeler S.C.M. Sculp. / Titianus inuentor. / Marcus Sadeler excud
Collection	print room
Object type	engravings AAT
Inventory number	2014-NK
Acquisition credit	onbekend 2014
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11742/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015637 portraits AAT
Keywords Iconclass	31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 44B112 emperor Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 98B(TITUS) (story of) the emperor Titus Iconclass
School / Style	Baroque AAT

Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (25)

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