Elevation of a bas-relief from the Arch of Constantine, Rome, showing soldiers fighting the Dacians

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Nicolas Beatrizet (engraver (printmaker))
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome (patron)

Title:

Elevation of a bas-relief from the Arch of Constantine, Rome, showing soldiers fighting the Dacians

Date:

printed 1553

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 34.2 x 49.6 cm (13 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0259

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

signed - by the engraver, in the plate on the image, b.: "NB [Nicolas Beatrizet's monogram] inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Tabula marmorea, pugnae Dacicae : ex diruto Traiani, ut putatur, arcu; in Constantini cognomento Magni; qua spectat Aventinum; ornatus caussa; Romae, translata. / Antonij Lafrerij Sequani formis Romae 1553" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "16" [sideways]

Subject:

military
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bas-relief
soldiers
war

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

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