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Caius Marius in Prison
Giorgio Ghisi1560–1569
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Caius Marius seated, at right, with one hand clutching his chest, the other extended toward two Cimbrian soldiers entering his cell. A window at center shows some classical ruins outside, with light streaming through clouds in the direction of Caius Marius. A small tablet at lower left bears the signature 'POLI. / IN. / .G. MAF'
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- Title: Caius Marius in Prison
- Creator: Giorgio Ghisi, 1520 - 1582
- Date Created: 1560–1569
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Engraving on laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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