Elevation of the Tomb of M. Antonius Antius Lupus

People:

Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
M. Antoninus Antius Lupus (patron)

Title:

Elevation of the Tomb of M. Antonius Antius Lupus

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

Reference number:

DR1979:0284

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has 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.c.: "D M / M ANTONII ANTII LVPI P R [...] Q FABIVS HONORATVS T ANNAEVS PLACIDVS" [on monument]; and in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Antiquum, Ostiensi via, sepulchrum marmoreum, amplum, quadratum ad tertium ab Vrbe lapidem fascium ac securium, et alijs ornamentis, insigne. / Antonij Lafreri Formis Romae 1551" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "41" [twice]

Subject:

sculpture

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

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