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"Epponina" Wife of Sabinus
American
1794
Medium/Technique
Stipple and line intaglio printed in color, partly hand colored
Dimensions
Sheet: 50.7 × 39 cm (19 15/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK266
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, center left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Painted by Benj. West Prest. R.A. and Historical Painted to His Majesty.
Lower right, in plate: Engraved by Chas Wilkin.
Lower center, in plate: Epponina
Bottom left, in plate: Sabinus commanded a small army in Gaul and declared himself Emperor on the death of Vitellius; he was soon after defeated by Vespasian's general and compelled to seek safety in caverns. In this situation he remained nine years attended by his faithful wife Epponina, who supplied him with provisions. She was at length discovered in the performance of that pious office, and Sabinus taken and carried to Rome. Epponina accompanied him and appeared before the Emperor, with her two children, to implore her husband's pardon, but neither her tears nor intreaties could prevail, and Sabinus suffered by the executioner.
Bottom right, in plate: Sabinus commandoit une petite armée en Gaule, et se declara Empereur sur la mort de Vitellius; il fur defait peu de tems après par le général de Vespasien, et se sauva dans des canvernes; ou il resta pendant neuf ans, accompagné de son epouse fidêle Epponine, qui lui procuroit des provisions. Elle fut enfin decouverte faisant cet office pieux, et Sabinus fut prit et conduit a Rome. Epponine se presenta avec ses deux enfans devant l'Empéreur, et l'impora de pardonner son mari; mais ni ses larmès ni ses supplicatiens ne parent l'attendrier et il fut envoyé au supplice.
Lower right, in plate: Engraved by Chas Wilkin.
Lower center, in plate: Epponina
Bottom left, in plate: Sabinus commanded a small army in Gaul and declared himself Emperor on the death of Vitellius; he was soon after defeated by Vespasian's general and compelled to seek safety in caverns. In this situation he remained nine years attended by his faithful wife Epponina, who supplied him with provisions. She was at length discovered in the performance of that pious office, and Sabinus taken and carried to Rome. Epponina accompanied him and appeared before the Emperor, with her two children, to implore her husband's pardon, but neither her tears nor intreaties could prevail, and Sabinus suffered by the executioner.
Bottom right, in plate: Sabinus commandoit une petite armée en Gaule, et se declara Empereur sur la mort de Vitellius; il fur defait peu de tems après par le général de Vespasien, et se sauva dans des canvernes; ou il resta pendant neuf ans, accompagné de son epouse fidêle Epponine, qui lui procuroit des provisions. Elle fut enfin decouverte faisant cet office pieux, et Sabinus fut prit et conduit a Rome. Epponine se presenta avec ses deux enfans devant l'Empéreur, et l'impora de pardonner son mari; mais ni ses larmès ni ses supplicatiens ne parent l'attendrier et il fut envoyé au supplice.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.