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Cornelia and Gracchus
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Cornelia and Gracchus

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1573 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Cornelia and her husband Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus are depicted indoors. Gracchus kills two snakes on the left; on the right, Cornelia sits among three women doing needlework. In the margin below the scene is a text in Latin, mirrored and numbered on the left: 6. The print is part of a series of prints depicting events from Roman history.

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Credit lineCornelia en Gracchus. 1573. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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