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The Women of Rome Gathering at the Capitol

Women from various countries and eras are seen storming the Capitol in ancient Rome in protest against a proposed ruling that would henceforth allow men to have two wives. This rumour had been spread by the young boy Papirius, seen standing at the far right between his mother (in yellow) and several senators (in red).

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Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/44F
  • http://iconclass.org/98C(ROMAN WOMEN)

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/44F
  • http://iconclass.org/98C(ROMAN WOMEN)

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Providing institution

  • Rijksmuseum

Aggregator

  • Rijksmuseum

Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)

  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

User generated content

  • false

Rights

  • Public Domain
  • Publiek Domein

Creation date

  • c.1600 - c.1602

Place-Time

  • first quarter 17th century

Identifier

  • http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8797
  • SK-A-1720

Extent

  • height 41.5 cm
  • width 62 cm

Format

  • copper (metal)
  • oil paint (paint)
  • Copper

Language

  • nl

Is part of

  • collection: paintings
  • collectie: schilderijen

Providing country

  • Netherlands

Collection name

  • 90402_M_NL_Rijksmuseum

Timestamp created

  • 2014-05-27T20:13:35.413Z

Timestamp updated

  • 2018-03-17T14:37:25.517Z