The Roman general Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is appointed dictator. A soldier makes him choose between the sword and a plow. In the end, he wins the war with the Aequi after only sixteen days, only to immediately go back to plowing his fields. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Requested as Dictator, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1793, paper, etching, h 214 mm × w 133 mm.
The Roman general Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is appointed dictator. A soldier makes him choose between the sword and a plow. In the end, he wins the war with the Aequi after only sixteen days, only to immediately go back to plowing his fields. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Requested as Dictator, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1793, paper, etching, h 214 mm × w 133 mm