Perspective of the Arch of Constantine, Rome

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of the Arch of Constantine, Rome

Date:

printed before 1559

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing
theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark (approx.): 33.9 x 43.7 cm (13 3/8 x 17 3/16 in.) sheet: 34.5 x 49.7 cm (13 9/16 x 19 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0258

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

inscribed - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, u.c.: "IMP CAES FL CONSTANTINO MAXIMO / P F AVGVSTO S P Q R [...] ARCVM TRIVMPHIS INSIGNEM DICAVIT" [on attic of triumphal arch]; in the plate below the image, b.: "AnT. Lafrerij Romae" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "15" [sideways]

Subject:

architecture
military

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

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