Design for a Dish with Portraits of the Roman Emperors Nero, Galba, an

A circular engraved design divides into three laureate profile medallions, with Nero at top, Galba at lower left and Caligula at lower right, set in dense scrollwork. The centre carries a Latin motto, and small figures and birds sit among the ornament below.

Look closer: Small nude figures and a bird sit among the ornament at the bottom centre.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

ca. 1588

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3235 × 3301 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923