Bird's-eye cutaway perspective of the Arena, Verona

People:

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

Title:

Bird's-eye cutaway perspective of the Arena, Verona

Date:

printed 1560

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing
theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 33.1 x 47.8 cm (13 1/16 x 18 13/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0265

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
sectional perspective
composite 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 vertical fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate above the image, u.l. to u.r.: "Amphitheatri Veronen. diligens & accurata delineatio, quod ludis publicis, gladiatorio muneri, et ferarum venationib. exhibendis [...] anno salut. mcxvij. corrvisse annalibus Veronensium proditum est."; and l.r.: "Romae Anno. M. D. LX / Anton. Lafrerij Sequani, formis / ad genitivu archetijpum fidelissime / expressa" [in cartouche] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "22" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, in various locations: "22"

Subject:

architecture

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

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