Perspective of the Arch of Janus, Rome

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of the Arch of Janus, Rome

Date:

printed 1564

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 49.6 x 34.1 cm (19 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0248

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 an offset image of a print of the colonna Santa on the verso (the image is similar to the print DR1979:0271).

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "IANI QVADRIFRONTIS TEMPLVM SIC ROMAE EX MARMORE IN FORO BOARIO. Ant. Lafreri formis, Romae. 1564" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "4"

Subject:

architecture

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

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