Severus has the head cut off the dead body of Albinus, engraving from the book Pierres antiques gravées et tirées de principaux cabinets de la France by Elisabeth-Sophie Chéron after Ovid's Metamorphoses, ca. 1728

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Paris 1648 - Paris 1711
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print room mythologies (religious concept) figures (representations) (story of) the emperor Septimius Severus head (human) 18th century

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Artist	Anonymous Master engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Elisabeth Sophie Chéron RKD Paris 1648 - Paris 1711 authorAAT
Title	Severus has the head cut off the dead body of Albinus, engraving from the book Pierres antiques gravées et tirées de principaux cabinets de la France by Elisabeth-Sophie Chéron after Ovid's Metamorphoses
Date	ca. 1728
Period	18th century
Medium and support	burin engraving AAT etching AAT
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT etching AAT
Inventory number	2015-CP
Acquisition credit	unknown
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-CP
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8594/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	31A221 head (human) Iconclass 31E death of human being Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 31E235 violent death ~ maltreatment, torture Iconclass 31E23621 violent death by beheading Iconclass 44B112 emperor Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 83(OVID, Metamorphoses) (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass 98B(SEVERUS, L.S.) (story of) the emperor Septimius Severus Iconclass
School / Style	Rococo AAT

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