Perspective of the Pantheon, Rome, with sculptures in the foreground

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of the Pantheon, Rome, with sculptures in the foreground

Date:

printed 1549

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

secondary support: 49.8 x 62.8 cm sheet: 39.1 x 46.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1979:0249

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. A printed border is visible on three sides. Sheet has an old vertical fold through c. and an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate above the image, u.l. to u.r.: "PANTHEVM ROMANVM NVNC MARIAE COGNOMENTO ROTVNDAE NOTVM AD ANTIQVAM SVAM EFFIGIEM ET FORMAM EXPRESSVM"; in the plate on the image, c.: "M AGRIPPA L F COS TERTIVM FECIT" [on portico frieze]; in the plate below the image, b.: "ANT. LAFRERI / ROMAE 1549"; and in the plate on the image, l.r.: "Labrum / ex porphy- / rite, et duos / ex ophite Leones / Aegyptijs notis illistres, / ex prosximis ut opinor / Agrippae ac Neronis ther- / mis, in celebriorem et / ampliorem locum, pij / Pontifices Maximi, ne- / situ squalloreve iace- / rent, propter Panthe- / um erigi colloca- / rique insse- / runt." [on vase] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "5" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, in various locations: "5"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

sarcophagus
vase

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

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