Plate 1: Emperor Julius Caesar on Horseback, from ´The First Twelve Roman Caesars´. Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome);
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Plate 1: Emperor Julius Caesar on Horseback, from ´The First Twelve Roman Caesars´. Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome); Publisher: Giovanni Battista di Lazzaro Panzera da Parma (Italian, born 1541, active Rome 1577-98); Date: 1596; Medium: Etching; first state of two (Bartsch); Dimensions: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (30.2 x 22.5 cm); Classification: Prints; Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951 / Inscription: AtLettered at bottom center: DIVI IVLI ACAES AUGU; lower left: Ant. tempest; lower right: I; Provenance: Gustav Mayer; Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz and Vienna; Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co