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9: Caesar avreo cvrrv insignis ad Capitolivm trivnphans incedit retro victoria eivs capiti lavream imponit praeevnte celebri titvlo Veni Vidi Vici / Andreas Mantinea pinxit Mantuae , R.V.A. Gandensis sculp.

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Triumph scene In the foreground: Caesar sitting on the chariot of the triumph pulled by two horses, in his right hand clasps the scepter with the eagle with wings explained and in his left hand the palm of victory, while crowned with the laurel by a winged Victory standing behind him. A soldier carries the rod in part wrapped with a drapery and decorated with vegetable elements surmounted by the insignia: See Vidi Vici. Below are three putti carrying branches between the hands. The wagon wheel is entirely decorated and characterised by an oval panel with depictions: a general with two mythological figures (one masculine and one feminine) each supporting a cornucopia. On the background: the monuments of the city. On the right: pillar decorated with leonine protome, weapons and shields and surmounted by Corinthian capitol. , Title below the center. Indications of the inventor at the lower left, the engraver at the lower right and the publisher at the lower center, Description based on a slipped specimen, The measurement corresponds to the sheet. , Previous inventory 7730, in folder
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Title: 9: Caesar avreo cvrrv insignis ad Capitolivm trivnphans incedit retro victoria eivs capiti lavream imponit praeevnte celebri titvlo Veni Vidi Vici / Andreas Mantinea pinxit Mantuae , R.V.A. Gandensis sculp.
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Triumph scene In the foreground: Caesar sitting on the chariot of the triumph pulled by two horses, in his right hand clasps the scepter with the eagle with wings explained and in his left hand the palm of victory, while crowned with the laurel by a winged Victory standing behind him.
A soldier carries the rod in part wrapped with a drapery and decorated with vegetable elements surmounted by the insignia: See Vidi Vici.
Below are three putti carrying branches between the hands.
The wagon wheel is entirely decorated and characterised by an oval panel with depictions: a general with two mythological figures (one masculine and one feminine) each supporting a cornucopia.
On the background: the monuments of the city.
On the right: pillar decorated with leonine protome, weapons and shields and surmounted by Corinthian capitol.
, Title below the center.
Indications of the inventor at the lower left, the engraver at the lower right and the publisher at the lower center, Description based on a slipped specimen, The measurement corresponds to the sheet.
, Previous inventory 7730, in folder.

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