Bird's-eye perspective and plan of the Castra Praetoria, Rome

People:

Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Bird's-eye perspective and plan of the Castra Praetoria, Rome

Date:

printed after 1553

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 32.4 x 52.2 cm (12 3/4 x 20 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0278

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
plan (drawing)

Point of View:

general views
bird's-eye view
exterior view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed at or within plate mark and has an old vertical fold through c. There is an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the engraver, in the plate on the image, c.l.: "AEDES AVGVST" [on temple frieze]; u.l.: "CASTRVM PRAETORIVM ROMAE"; u.r.: "CASTRO PRAETORIANO"; c.: "LATO VERSO IL VIVARIO" [sideways]; c.r.: "AEDICVLA / PORTICO"; l.l.: "Bolognini Zalterij / formis" and l.r.: "LATO DI DENTRO LA CITTA" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "35" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, in various locations: "35" [all erased]

Subject:

architecture
military

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

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