Beatrizet Nicolas, Rome triumphant over the Dacians], 1549

Copperplate; dimensions: 494 x 380 mm; publisher's signature: Ant[onio] Lafreri *DXLVIIII [1549];

Representation : under the composition, descriptions of the statues - l.d.: [Re]x barbarus numida captivus populi romani, m.d.: Roma victrix de Dacia provincia subacta triumphans. Vultu ac habitu barbarorumq[ue] spolis inlustris, p.d.: rex barbarus numida captiuus populi romani.

Under the composition description: Hae statuae, in antiquissimo mamore, erudita manu sculptae, maiestate, vetustatisque veneratione conspicuae, ac celebres; Romae, in hortis Faederici Cardinalis, Caesii, omnis generis signorum plenis; una, ampliore loco, honoris caussa, collocatae. Images of statues found on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.

Graphic from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" [Mirror of the magnificence of Rome], Rome [1544-79]. Lit. "A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce," London, South Kensington Museum, 1874; Peter Parshall "Antonio` Lafreri`s `Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae'." Print Quarterly. 1, London, 2006