Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto)

Also known as: Romulus and Remus

Inscriptions

upper right, in black ink: [2?]00

[Kurt Meissner]

Artist: Romanino (Italian, 1484/87–1562)
Date: c. 1535
Medium: pen and brown ink, with point of brush and brown wash over black chalk (traces of red chalk and purple wash unrelated to composition)
Dimensions: Sheet: 16.3 x 24.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 23.6 x 31 cm (9 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession no.: 1963.87.a

Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto) Concentric Circles (verso)
Romanino
c. 1535 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011632
Concentric Circles (verso)
Romanino
c. 1535 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00012554

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.