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Original fileMen and women in contemporary 16th-century dress are gathered around a table laden with food and drink in a vaulted hall. In the foreground, a servant bends over a wine cooler, while musicians and dancers populate the background. The scene depicts the moment the Roman princes debated the virtues of their wives, a prelude to the tragedy of Lucretia.
Effera Romanis dum cingitur Ardea signis, Et patitur longas obsidione moras Tarquinius iuvenis, socios dapibusq. meroq. Accipit, uxorum mutua cura subest. Quisq. suam laudat Regalia protinus omnes Tecta petunt cernunt pervigilare mero. Phls Galle excudebat
Translation
While Ardea is surrounded by Roman standards, And suffers long delays through siege, Young Tarquin receives his companions with feasts and wine, And mutual concern for their wives arises. Each praises his own, and straightway all seek The royal house, and see them keeping vigil with wine. Phls Galle engraved it
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
paper
height 209 mm x width 247 mm
mythological
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