Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Numa Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mulinari after Polidoro da Caravaggio)Sacred Art & IconographyNuma Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mulinari after Polidoro da Caravaggio)Etching, c. 1760-1790, Metropolitan Museum of ArtCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Numa Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mulinari after Polidoro da Caravaggio)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/numa-pompilius-met-51-501-919.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Numa Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mulinari after Polidoro da Caravaggio). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/numa-pompilius-met-51-501-919Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-numa-pompilius-giving-laws-to-the-romans, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Numa Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mulinari after Polidoro da Caravaggio)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/numa-pompilius-met-51-501-919}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn etching by Stefano Mulinari, dated c. 1760 to 1790, reproducing a lost fresco by Polidoro da Caravaggio and showing Numa Pompilius, the traditional second king of Rome, giving laws to the Roman people. Numa is credited in Roman tradition with founding the city's priesthoods and its calendar of religious rites. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionRoman Religion, Religions Well-attested Source Numa Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Mulinari)tier 1DepictsNuma Pompilius, Figures Well-attested The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title for this Mulinari etching after Polidoro da Caravaggio, "Numa Pompilius giving laws to the Romans," names the subject outright.Source Numa Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Mulinari)tier 1SourcesNuma Pompilius Giving Laws to the Romans, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Mulinari)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art 51.501.919View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year