Perspective of the Vatican Obelisk, Rome

People:

Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)

Title:

Perspective of the Vatican Obelisk, Rome

Date:

printed 1550

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 49.7 x 34.3 cm (19 9/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0276

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark at t. and b. Image has possibly been re-engraved at t.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, l.c.: "DIVO CESARI DIVI IVLII F AVGVSTO / TI CAESARI DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTO / SACRVM" [on obelisk]; and in various locations: with measurements; and in the plate to the r. of the image, l.r.: "OBELISCI VATICANI QVEM CVM ALII TVM NOS IPSI / NON ITA EXACTE ALIAS REPRAESENTAVIMUS / VERISSIMA EFFIGIES IVSTISSIMAQ PROPORTIONIS DIMENSIO / ANT LAFRERI FORMIS ROMAE M D L" [in cartouche] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "33"

Subject:

architecture

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

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