Perspective of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, from across the Tiber

People:

Nicolas Beatrizet (engraver (printmaker))
Decrianus (architect)

Title:

Perspective of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, from across the Tiber

Date:

printed before 1565

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 47 cm (13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0318

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 and has an old vertical fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the engraver ? in the plate above the image, u.l.: "EN TIBI QVIS QVIS ES LECTOR IVCVNDISSIME QVEM / AENEIS NICOLAI BEATRICII LOTHARINGI PERELEGAN / TER FORMIS REPRAESENTATA ROMANOR CAESARVM / AEDIFICIA DELECTANT IMP. CAESARIS HADRI / ANI AVG. EFFIGIATVM HAVD INEPTE MAV / SOLEVM QVOD ET BONIFACIVS NO / NVS E TOMACELLA FAMILIA PONT. / MAXIMVS PRIMVS OMNIVM IN / CASTRI FORMAM COMMVNIIT / IDQ ETIAM POST ILLVM / ALEXANDER BORGIVS / SEXTVS HVIVS NOMI / NIS PONT. MAX. CAROLI / VIII. GALLORVM REGIS / CONSILIO IN HANC QVAM / VIDES ADMIRANDAE MVNI / TIONIS FORMAM REDEGIT. / VALE:-"; and u.r.: "CASTELLO. / .S. / ANGELO. / DI. / .ROMA." numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.r.: "75"

Subject:

architecture
military

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

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