Description: This is an 1884 Original STEEL ENGRAVING of THE EMPEROR NERONero, who was enthroned in Rome in 54 A.D., at the age of sixteen, and went on to rule for nearly a decade and a half, developed a reputation for tyranny, murderous cruelty, and decadence that has survived for nearly two thousand years. According to various Roman historians, he commissioned the assassination of Agrippina the Younger—his mother and sometime lover. He sought to poison her, then to have her crushed by a falling ceiling or drowned in a self-sinking boat, before ultimately having her murder disguised as a suicide. Nero was betrothed at eleven and married at fifteen, to his adoptive stepsister, Claudia Octavia, the daughter of the emperor Claudius. At the age of twenty-four, Nero divorced her, banished her, ordered her bound with her wrists slit, and had her suffocated in a steam bath. He received her decapitated head when it was delivered to his court. He also murdered his second wife, the noblewoman Poppaea Sabina, by kicking her in the belly while she was pregnant.Overall Dimensions of sheet are approximately 12.25" x 10.5" The head image measures approx. 4" x 5". There is titling below. In Very Good Used Condition, vibrant crisp lines, no chips or tears, there may be some faint creasing, age spots, etc., see photos for condition - these are of the actual print you will receive. Unmounted and unframed, the condition of the image is excellent and the sheet is very good.Original Steel Engraving by the French engraver Paul Rodolphe Joseph Dujardin for Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1884 edition of THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ROME.Steel engraved plates produced much sharper and more distinct lines than the copper plates they replaced. The plates were also harder-wearing, this hard nature allowed for much finer detail than copper and it was possible to achieve a beautiful pale grey in the final illustration. With its shimmering appearance, the steel engraving is instantly recognizable. Prints ship rolled in a tube. I will combine shipping. LOC: GL2-0-2-B
Price: 21.3 USD
Location: Tonawanda, New York
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Artist: Paul Rodolphe Joseph Dujardin
Theme: Art, Politics, ANCIENT ROME
Subject: Rome, THE EMPEROR NERO
Production Technique: STEEL ENGRAVING
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Style: BUST, Classical, Line Art
Features: STEEL ENGRAVING
Material: Paper
Year of Production: 1884
Size: 10" x 12"
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Culture: ANCIENT ROME
Region of Origin: Philadelphia, PA USA
Type: STEEL ENGRAVING PRINT
Item Height: 14"
Item Length: 14 in
Item Width: 10"
Framing: Unframed
Signed: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Image Orientation: Portrait
Handmade: No
Personalize: No
Period: Art Nouveau (1880-1920)
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Title: THE EMPEROR NERO
Unit Quantity: ONE
