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Cloelia Crosses the Tiber on Horseback
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Cloelia Crosses the Tiber on Horseback

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1573 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Cloelia escapes with a friend to Rome by riding across the Tiber. Her other friends stand on the bank and watch. To the right in the foreground Romulus and Remus are suckled by a she-wolf. Next to it lies a naked laurelled man with the horn of plenty in his arm. In the margin under the scene is a text in Latin, numbered in the lower right: 3. The print is part of a series of prints depicting events from Roman history.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCloelia steekt te paard de Tiber over. 1573. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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