Perspective of Trajan's Column, Rome

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of Trajan's Column, Rome

Date:

printed 1544

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 34.2 cm (19 9/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0272

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 horizontal fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, l.c.: "S P Q R / IMP CAESARI DIVI NERVAE [...]" [on plaque on column base]; and l.r.: "ANT LAFRERI / SEQVANI FORMIS / ROMAE 1544" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "29"

Subject:

architecture
military

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

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