{ "core": { "objectID": 45055, "objectNumber": "09.1S495.7", "primaryTitle": "Having Given the Laws, He Choses Twelve Bodyguards and a Hundred Men Who Will", "objectName": "etching", "dated": "1573", "classification": "Prints", "department": "Prints, Drawings & Photographs", "medium": "etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper", "dimensions": "Sheet: 5 3/8 × 7 inches (13.7 × 17.8 cm)" }, "provenance": { "creditLine": "Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps ", "provenance": "Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau (Nuremberg, Germany); \r\nNovember 1890, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany).\r\nMrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);\r\n1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)", "signed": "In plate, lower right of image: Battista / Fontana ", "inscribed": "Inscribed, in plate, above image: LEGIBVS VRBI DATIS DVODECIM STIPATORES ELIGIT GENTVMQ\r\nInscribed, below image: P(A)TRES CONSTITVIT QVI SENATORES POSTEA DICTI\r\nInscribed, lower right margin: ii", "markings": "Stamp, in black, verso: Baron H. A. von Derschau (Lugt 2510)\r\nOne stamp in black, two stamps in brown, verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606, 2922 and variation of 234)" }, "creators": [ { "displayName": "Giovanni Battista Fontana", "role": "Artist", "nationality": "Italian", "bio": "Italian, 1524 - 1587" } ], "rights": [ { "type": "Public Domain", "copyright": "", "creditLineRepro": "Giovanni Battista Fontana, Having Given the Laws, He Choses Twelve Bodyguards and a Hundred Men Who Will, 1573, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S495.7." } ], "media": { "primary": { "filename": "09.1S495.7-d1-2016-03-29.tif", "width": 4610, "height": 3530, "shareURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/aeoetvrmv6/jpeg/09.1S495.7-d1-2016-03-29.jpeg?w=2000&keep=c&crop=yes&color=cccccc&quality=80&u=u3bnol", "originalURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/aeoetvrmv6/original/09.1S495.7-d1-2016-03-29.tif?u=u3bnol&download=true" } }, "terms": [ { "name": "mythology", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "soldiers", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "engraving (printing process)", "type": "technique" }, { "name": "etching (printing process)", "type": "technique" }, { "name": "ink", "type": "material" }, { "name": "laid paper", "type": "support" }, { "name": "king (person)", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "engraving (print)", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "etching", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "laws", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "Rome", "type": "associated with" } ], "source": { "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts", "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/45055" } }