Elevation of a sacrifice relief from Trajan's Column, Rome

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Leonard Thiry (etcher)
Trajan, Emperor of Rome (patron)

Title:

Elevation of a sacrifice relief from Trajan's Column, Rome

Date:

printed 1565

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 34.4 x 49.7 cm (13 9/16 x 19 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0275

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.r.: ".L.D. / 7" inscribed and dated - by the engraver, in the plate below the image, l.l. to b.: "His, et talibus monumentis olim ornata fuit illa M.Antonij ubiq. memorata Columna ex qua haec quae vides expressa sunt cetera visurus nisi ob eius dem columnae incendium desiderarentur."; l.r.: "Ant. Lafreri formis Romae M D LXV" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "32"

Subject:

sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

relief

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

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