Perspective of the Farnese Hercules in a niche, Rome

People:

Jacobus Bos (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)

Title:

Perspective of the Farnese Hercules in a niche, Rome

Date:

printed 1562

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 49.7 x 34.7 cm (19 9/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0300

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has an old horizontal fold through c. and an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and signed - by the engraver, in the plate on the image, l.r.: "Iacobus Bossius Belga incidit" [on statue base] inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, l.r.: with an inscription in greek on the statue; and in the plate below the image, b.: "Omnium elegantissimum Herculis signum Gliconis Atheniensis peritissimi artificis manu fabre factù, Quod Pauolo iij. Pont. max.o in / thermarum Antoninianar ruderibus inventum et in domus farnesianae ad campum Florae interiori porticu locatum Ant. Lafrerius / Sequanus aeneis formis diligenter expressit Anno M D LXII" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "57"

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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