Section, elevation, and plans of Trajan's Column, Rome

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))
Trajan, Emperor of Rome (patron)

Title:

Section, elevation, and plans of Trajan's Column, Rome

Date:

printed before 1570

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 53.7 x 36.4 cm (21 1/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0273

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
section
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general view
partial views
exterior view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark and has an old horizontal fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, in various locations: with measurements in "piedi"; and b.: "Ant. Lafrerij Romae" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "30"

Subject:

architecture
military

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

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