Plate 11: equestrian statue of Titus, seen three-quarters to the right

An engraved equestrian statue of a laureled, armored rider on a rearing-free, striding horse stands on a stone pedestal with relief panels below. Billowing smoke rises from a volcano at left, and a walled town with tents and soldiers fills the distant right. Dense hatching gives the metal and cloud their tonal depth.

Look closer: A small relief roundel with a scene of figures sits on the front of the pedestal, below the inscription.

Artist

Adriaen Collaert

Date

ca. 1587–89

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2492 × 3664 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949