1545
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Clelia Crossing the Tiber is a 1545 ink by Giulio Bonasone, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows Clelia riding a white horse across a wide river. The river is the Tiber, near Rome. A group of armed men watches from the bank. This scene comes from an old Roman story. Clelia was a brave girl who escaped captivity by swimming the Tiber with other girls. Giulio Bonasone turned this story into a detailed engraving. Check out another engraving by Bonasone, Giulio.
Giulio Bonasone (c. 1498 – after 1574) (or Giulio de Antonio Buonasone or Julio Bonoso) was an Italian painter and engraver born in Bologna. He possibly studied painting under Lorenzo Sabbatini, and painted a Purgatory…
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