Horatius Cocles verdedigt de Pons Sublicius, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817

Title(s)

Horatius Cocles verdedigt de Pons Sublicius
Orazio-Coclite difende intrepido il Ponte Sublicio dall'Armate Etrusca. fino che li Ramoani lo abbiano rotto, per impedire il passaggio al nemico (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

23/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-190

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 23

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Horatius Cocles verdedigd onversaagd den Pons Sublicus tegen het Etruskisch leger totdat de Romeinen haar hebben afgebroken om den vijand den overtocht te beletten.’
• number: ‘No 23.’

Description

Horatius Cocles verdedigt de Pons Sublicius, een brug over de Tiber in Rome, tegen de Etrusken. Achter Horatius staat zijn leger.

Artist

• print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1817

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 316 mm × width 425 mm

What

• (story of) Horatius Cocles
• Horatius Cocles at the Pons Sublicius: single-handed he keeps the Etruscans at bay while the bridge is broken down by the Romans behind him; he escapes by jumping into the Tiber

Credit line

• Gift of J.J. de Man, Ede

Acquisition

gift 1929

Copyright

Public domain

• Bartolomeo Pinelli 1781 - 1835 e il suo tempo, Maurizio Marini, Mario Apolloni, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, p. 303-305, cat.nr. 23