Romulus wirt unsterblich · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Romulus wirt unsterblich
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Rome; Italy
Description: The god Mars is depicted on the right side of the engraving holding his helmet in his left hand and a spear in his right as he looks up to his father, Jupiter. Jupiter is identifiable as he is holding thunder bolts in his hand. Mars is pleading to his father to allow his son, Romulus, to become a god. Jupiter grants this request and Mars brings Romulus up into the sky in his chariot and they fly over Rome. Ovid explains that as Mars brings Romulus up into the sky, Romulus’ mortality dissolves while traveling through the atmosphere.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23346
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_23346_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Mars; Romulus; Jupiter; Deification; Gods; Goddesses