Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The personification of Rome sitting on a column, balancing the statue of Mars on her hand; next to her the river god Tiber and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, behind them the panorama of Rome; representing the city of Rome. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
The personification of Rome sitting on a column, balancing the statue of Mars on her hand; next to her the river god Tiber and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, behind them the panorama of Rome; representing the city of Rome. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
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The personification of Rome sitting on a column, balancing the statue of Mars on her hand; next to her the river god Tiber and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, behind them the panorama of Rome; representing the city of Rome. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

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Lettering: Orbis Roma caput bellorum turbine quondam obruta cur fremuit? Martis amica fuit: Ast ubi multiplicis sese dedit Artis alumnam, celsa triumphatrix se super astra tulit.

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