Perspective of the Sarcophagus of Constantina, Rome

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of the Sarcophagus of Constantina, Rome

Date:

printed 1553

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

Reference number:

DR1979:0286

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has an old vertical fold through c. and possibly traces of an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and numbered - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "ANTIQVI EX PORPHYRITE SARCOPHAGI IN BACCHI AD SECVNDVM AB VRBE VIA NOMENTANA LAPIDEM ut rudius propter marmoris duritiem uel artificis negligentiam uel saeculi sane barbariem tum in fronte et a tergo tum dextro / ac sinistro latere totidem et ijsdem figuris insculpti ita sepulcri Constantiae Constantini Magni Filae fama quamquam incerta vulgo noti DEFORMATIO Antonij Lafrerij sequani formis Romae M D LIII"; and l.r.: "8" [?] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "13"

Subject:

sculpture

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

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