Perspective of Michelangelo's project for the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Etienne Du Pérac (etcher)
Martino Longhi the Elder (architect)
Pope Paul III (patron)
Girolamo Rainaldi (architect)
Giacomo Della Porta (architect)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (architect)
Pope Pius IV (patron)

Title:

Perspective of Michelangelo's project for the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome

Date:

printed 1569

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

secondary support: 49.6 x 64.3 cm sheet: 37.5 x 54.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1979:0320

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
bird's-eye view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate above the image, u.l. to u.r.: "CAPITOLII SCIOGRAPHIA EX IPSO EXEMPLARI MICHAELIS ANGELI BONAROTI A STEPHANO DVPERAC PARISIENSI ACCVRATE DELINEATA / ET IN LVCEM AEDITA ROMAE ANNO SALVTIS MDLXIX" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.l.: "77"

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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