Bird's-eye perspective of Pirro Ligorio's reconstruction for the Circus Maximus, Rome

People:

Pirro Ligorio (draughtsman)
Nicolas Beatrizet (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Bird's-eye perspective of Pirro Ligorio's reconstruction for the Circus Maximus, Rome

Date:

printed 1553

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 38.3 x 55.4 cm (15 1/16 x 21 13/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0277

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
bird's-eye view
exterior view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark and has an old horizontal fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and signed - by the engraver, in the plate above the image, u.l.: "ANTIQVITATVM STVDIOSIS / EN VOBIS CANDIDISSIMI ANTIQVITATVM STVDIOSI CERCI MAXIMI DESCRIPTIONEM NON QVALEM PLANE / SCIOLI [...] PYRRHI / LIGORII PICTORIS NEAPOLITANI [...] CVM MICHAELIS TRAMEZINI [...]"; u.r.: "LEX / IVLI TERTII PONTIFICIS OPTIMI MAXIMI IVSSI SANCIONE / AC DECRETIO [...] ANNO ACHRISTONATO M D LIII [...]"; in the plate on the image, in various locations: with compass points and identification of features; and l.r.: "N. BEAVTRIZET / LOTARRINGIAE" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "34" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, in various locations: "34"

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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