Perspective of Bartolomeo Ammannati's Hercules

People:

Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Bartolomeo Ammannati (sculptor)

Title:

Perspective of Bartolomeo Ammannati's Hercules

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: 52.7 x 40.4 cm (20 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0317

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark and has an old horizontal fold through c. There are possibly traces of an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, b.: "HERCVLES BVPHILOPONVS / BESTIARIVS QVI TRISTITIAM / ORBIS DEPVLIT OMNEM / PERAMPLO HOC SIGNO / MANTVAE CVRA REFLORESCIT" [on statue base]; and l.r.: "COLOSSVS P XL / ERECTVS PATAVII / BARTOLOMEO AMMANNATO / SCULPTORE / Ant, Lafrery Formis Romae / 1553" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.l.: "74" [sideways, erased]

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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