The Roman Emperor Caligula (37-41)
date: label: Date
content: 1750-1760
name: label: Print Maker
content: Étienne Charpentier, French, 1707 – after 1792
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shown in profile, galloping toward left. In the middle ground are represented on a small scale two sisters of Caligula brutalized by soldiers, a third killed by them; two officers kneeling in adoration; a statue of the emperor diguised as Jupiter adored by a couple; Caligula killed by soldiers. Rich moulded frame.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1914-49-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving with etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Plate: 69.9 × 50.1 cm (27 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Paper: 80.3 × 57.8 cm (31 5/8 × 22 3/4 in.)