Elevation of the Pompeius Asper relief

People:

Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Pope Julius II (patron)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (architect)

Title:

Elevation of the Pompeius Asper relief

Date:

printed 1551

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 34.3 x 49.6 cm (13 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0288

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has an old vertical fold through c. and possibly traces of an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver, in the plate on the image, u.l. to c.r.: "M POMPEIO M F ANI ASPRO / LEG XV APOLLINAR COH III PR / PRIMOP LEG III CYREN PRAEF CASTR / LEG XX VICTR / ATIMETVS LIB PVLLARIVS / FECIT [... with text of inscription on plaque]; and in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "IN / AEDIB FEDERICI CARD DE CAESIS SVB VATICANO / TABVLA MARM COHORTIVM SIGNIS DVOBVS AQVILAQ LEGIONARIA ATQVE ALIIS CVM INSTRVMENTIS BELLICIS TVM CAVEA PVLLARIA / INSCRIPTIONIBVSQ PERELEGANTIBVS INSIGNIS. ANT LAFRERI FORMIS EXACTISSIME DELINEATA ROMAE M D LI" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "45" [twice, both sideways]

Location:

Rome; Italy;

Subject:

sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

relief

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

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