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Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life
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Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 7/8 in. (23 × 30.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus

1523 –1605 Netherlandish

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Title page for "Roman Emperors on Horseback"

Title page for "Roman Emperors on Horseback"

ca. 1587–89

Plate 12: equestrian statue of Domitian, seen three-quarters to the left, with his stabbing death at right in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 12: equestrian statue of Domitian, seen three-quarters to the left, with his stabbing death at right in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 11: equestrian statue of Titus, seen three-quarters to the right, Mount Vesuvius erupting at left in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 11: equestrian statue of Titus, seen three-quarters to the right, Mount Vesuvius erupting at left in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 10: equestrian statue of Vespasian, seen from behind, three birds at upper right with one attacking another, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 10: equestrian statue of Vespasian, seen from behind, three birds at upper right with one attacking another, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 9: equestrian statue of Vitellius, seen three-quarters to the left, with his death scene in the background at right, his body being thrown into the Tiber at upper right, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 9: equestrian statue of Vitellius, seen three-quarters to the left, with his death scene in the background at right, his body being thrown into the Tiber at upper right, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 8: equestrian statue of Otho, seen from behind, his death scene in the background with him stabbing himself at right and the burning of his body at left, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 8: equestrian statue of Otho, seen from behind, his death scene in the background with him stabbing himself at right and the burning of his body at left, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 7: equestrian statue of Galba, in profile to the left, with a beheading scene in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 7: equestrian statue of Galba, in profile to the left, with a beheading scene in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 6: equestrian statue of Nero, seen from behind, the Great Fire of Rome in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 6: equestrian statue of Nero, seen from behind, the Great Fire of Rome in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 5: equestrian statue of Claudius, seen from behind, a naval competition at right in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 5: equestrian statue of Claudius, seen from behind, a naval competition at right in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 4: equestrian statue of Caligula, seen three-quarters to the left, wearing a winged helmet and holding double-headed arrows, a military scene in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 4: equestrian statue of Caligula, seen three-quarters to the left, wearing a winged helmet and holding double-headed arrows, a military scene in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 3: equestrian statue of Tiberius, in profile to the left, with a naval landscape on pedestal below, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 3: equestrian statue of Tiberius, in profile to the left, with a naval landscape on pedestal below, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89

Plate 2: equestrian statue of Augustus, holding a globe and seen from behind, with a feast occurring at left in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

Plate 2: equestrian statue of Augustus, holding a globe and seen from behind, with a feast occurring at left in the background, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'

ca. 1587–89