Perspective of Porta Maggiore, Rome

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))
Claudius, Emperor of Rome (patron)

Title:

Perspective of Porta Maggiore, Rome

Date:

printed 1549

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing
theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

secondary support: 49.4 x 64.0 cm sheet: 36.7 x 48.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1979:0267

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed at or within plate mark and has an old vertical fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? en the plate on the image, u.l. to u.r.: "TI CLAVDVS DRVSI F CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS PONTIF MAXIM / TRIBVNICIA POTESTATE XII COS V IMPERATOR XXVII PATER PATRIAE / AQVAS CLAVDIAM EX FONTIBVS QVI VOCABANTVR CAERVLEVS ET CVRTIVS A MILLIARIO XXXXV / ITEM ANIENEM NOVAM A MILLIARIO LXII SVA IMPENSA IN VRBEM PERDVCENDAS CVRAVIT / IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVGVST PONTIF MAX TRIB POT II IMP VI COS III DESIG IIII P P / AQVAS [...] / IMP T CAESAR DIVI F VESPASIANVS AAVGVSTVS PONTIFEX MAXIMVS TRIBVNIC / POTESTATE X IMPERATOR XVII PATER PATRIAE CENSOR [...]" [on upper story of monument]; and l.l. to l.r.: "Veteris aquae Claudiae ex Tiburtino forina; via portaque Naevia ac Labicana, nunc Maioris appellatione, novissima; servatis architecturae legibus, et eadem in anteriore exterioreque parte, uncialium litterarum inscriptione repetita; nobilis. / Antonij Lafrerij Romae 1549" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "24"

Subject:

architecture
military

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

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