A drawing of a scene from the legend of the exiled Roman general Coriolanus (see also RCIN 990381). This drawing depicts Coriolanus’ mother Veturia and his wife Volumnia, accompanied by Roman matrons, leaving Rome to implore Coriolanus to spare the city. To the left is a bearded God of the river Tiber, and the Castello and Ponte Sant’Angelo can be seen in the background; at lower centre is a brief sketch for the framing of the scene

The drawing is a pair to RCIN 990384: both are studies for Battista Franco’s lunette fresco of scenes from the story of Coriolanus in the Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Grimani, Venice, probably c.1550-55 (as identified by W.R. Rearick, 'Battista Franco and the Grimani Chapel', Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, II, 1958-9, p. 122).

One of the two drawings was probably that seen by Jonathan Richardson in Palazzo Bonfiglioli, Bologna, in 1719: ‘Valeria, &c. coming in the Camp to Coriolanus’ (An account of the statues, bas-reliefs, drawings, and pictures in Italy, France, &c. with remarks, 1722, p.32).