(1571 Antwerp 1633). The Vestal Virgin Claudia throws herself between her father and a tribune who is trying to drag her father from his triumphal chariot. Sheet 4 from the series "Roman Women". Engraving on laid paper with watermark n. Stradanus for Philips Galle. Pl. 21.4 x 27.8 cm. With the inscription, num. and lat. title "Et tua te pietas commendat, Claudia, vires... arcere..." in the plate. Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Ho. 393. cf. duke August Bibl. graph. A1: 784n. - Both right corners inconspicuously restored. From the Slgn. Friedrich August II (L.971, recto) and Erhard Oskar Kaps (L.3549). R

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