Caius Marius in Prison
date: label: Date
content: 1560–1569
name: label: Print Maker
content: Giorgio Ghisi, 1520 - 1582
label: After
content: Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian, 1499 - 1543
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Caius Marius seated, at right, with one hand clutching his chest, the other extended toward two Cimbrian soldiers entering his cell. A window at center shows some classical ruins outside, with light streaming through clouds in the direction of Caius Marius. A small tablet at lower left bears the signature 'POLI. / IN. / .G. MAF'
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8673
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.6 × 28.1 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)