Perspective of the statue of Marforio in front of a building, Rome, with inscribed stone markers in the foreground

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of the statue of Marforio in front of a building, Rome, with inscribed stone markers in the foreground

Date:

printed 1550

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 37.8 x 43.4 cm (14 7/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0314

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
partial views
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark, has an old vertical fold through c. and a line of black ink running from l.l. to l.r.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, u.c.: "Quest'é di Roma un nobil cittadino [...] Anchor che perdispetto/Gia lo storpiassin certi traditori / Come vedete, et ha nome. MARFVORI" [poem is inscribed on wall behind statue]; l.l.: "QVATTVOR HAS / STATVARVM BASES CVM / SVIS INSCRIPTIONIBVS / ANNO M D XLVII / VNA CVM ALIIS NONNVLLIS / AD ARCVM SEPT SEVERI / NON PROCVL AB HAC / MARFORII STATVA ERVTAS / NON ABSVRDE HIC SVBIVNGI / POSSE PVTAVIMVS / ANT LAFRERI SEQVANVS / EXCVDEBAT ROMAE / M D L [on plaque]; and l.l. to l.r.: with inscriptions on four separate funerary stones numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "71" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "71"

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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