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Another version of the Caracalla compositio was formerly with Stanza del Borgo, Milan, A. Ottani Cavina, op. cit., p. 205, fig. 306.
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Caracalla murdering his brother Geta in the arms of their mother
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Michael Köck (Innsbruck 1760-1825 Rome)
Caracalla murdering his brother Geta in the arms of their mother
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, in an inscribed border, countermark PM
17¼ x 22¾ in. (437 x 578 mm.); and drawings by Köck of The assassination of a Roman king, Curius Dentatus refusing the gifts of the Samnites, The Sacrifice of Iphigenia and The Wedding at Cana (5)
Caracalla murdering his brother Geta in the arms of their mother
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, in an inscribed border, countermark PM
17¼ x 22¾ in. (437 x 578 mm.); and drawings by Köck of The assassination of a Roman king, Curius Dentatus refusing the gifts of the Samnites, The Sacrifice of Iphigenia and The Wedding at Cana (5)
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