Perspective of a statue of Roma Victrix, accompanied by two conquered Barbarian kings

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Nicolas Beatrizet (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Perspective of a statue of Roma Victrix, accompanied by two conquered Barbarian kings

Date:

printed 1549

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 40.1 cm (19 1/2 x 15 13/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0316

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark at t. edge. Sheet has an old horizontal fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, l.l.: "REX BARBARVS NVMIDA CAPTIVVS POPVLI ROMANI" [below statue on left]; b.: "ROMA VICTRIX DE DACIA PROVINCIA SVBACTA TRIVMPHANS / VVLTV ACHABITV BARBARORVM Q SPOLIS INLVSTRIS" [below central statue]; l.r.: "REX BARBARVS NVMIDA CAPTIVVS POPVLI ROMANI" [below statue on right]; and l.l. to l.r.: "Hae statuae, in antiquissimo marmore, erudita manu sculptae, maiestate, vetustatisque veneratione conspicuae, ac celebres; Romae, in hortis Faederici Cardinalis Caesij, / omnis generis signorum plenis; unà, ampliore loco, honoris caussa, collocatae. / ANT LAFRERI .R. M.D.XLVIIII" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "73"

Subject:

sculpture

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

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