Plate 9: Emperor Vitellus on Horseback, from ´The First Twelve Roman Caesars´ after Tempesta. Artist: Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss, Basel

Plate 9: Emperor Vitellus on Horseback, from ´The First Twelve Roman Caesars´ after Tempesta. Artist: Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss, Basel

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Plate 9: Emperor Vitellus on Horseback, from ´The First Twelve Roman Caesars´ after Tempesta. Artist: Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss, Basel 1593-1650 Schwalbach); Artist: After Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome); Date: 1610-50; Medium: Etching and engraving; Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 in. x 9 in. (30 x 22.8 cm); Classification: Prints; Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951 / Inscription: Lettered bottom center: AUL. VITELLIUS. AUG; lower left: IX; lower right: 9 Marking: On verso at center: the museum stamp; Provenance: Gustav Mayer; Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz and Vienna; Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co