Plate 2: Portrait of Augustus, from "The Emperors and Empresses of Rome"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Emperors and Empresses of Rome
Artist: Emperor Augustus|Aegidius Sadeler II|Marcus Sadeler|Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Artist bio: Roman, Rome 63 BCE–14 Nola CE|Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague|German, Munich before 1614–in or after 1650|Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice
Artist role: Sitter|Artist|Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Roman|Netherlandish|Flemish|Italian
Date: 1597–1627
Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of three (TIB)
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 13 7/8 × 9 5/16 in. (35.2 × 23.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Geography:  Amsterdam     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959