Axial Commons Image Treasury
Engraving of a banquet in a colonnaded hall: reclining figures at a table, winged figures on clouds above, a seated muscular man in the foreground, and printed text below.

Feast of Romulus, engraving by Bernard Picart (1727)

An engraved banquet scene beneath a colonnaded hall, where reclining figures gather at a draped table while a winged figure and cupids hover on clouds above. A bearded, muscular man sits in the foreground beside a crouching figure, with a printed legend engraved along the bottom edge.

Artist
Bernard Picart (mentioned on object)
Date
1727
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2926 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1727.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

More from Rome and Ancient Greece

A marble altar to Apollo. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.A marble altar to Apollo. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.Predella with three scenes of Saint Roch, and figures of Saint Peter, Christ as Salvator Mundi, Saint Laurence and Saint Paul. Oil painting by a French (?) painter.Predella with three scenes of Saint Roch, and figures of Saint Peter, Christ as Salvator MTriptych: Calvary, with donors (open); St. Christopher with the Christ child on the road (closed)Triptych: Calvary, with donors (open); St. Christopher with the Christ child on the road (Het martelaarschap van de apostelenHet martelaarschap van de apostelenSaint Basil the Great, praised by four clerical saints. Engraving by J.F. Palomino.Saint Basil the Great, praised by four clerical saints. Engraving by J.F. Palomino.Saint Francis of Assisi given permission by Pope Innocent III to preach to the people. Engraving, 16--.Saint Francis of Assisi given permission by Pope Innocent III to preach to the people. Eng