Sectional perspective of the baptistery of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Nicolas Beatrizet (engraver (printmaker))
Pope Urban VIII (patron)
Pope Sixtus III (patron)
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome (patron)

Title:

Sectional perspective of the baptistery of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome

Date:

printed before 1570

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving with etching on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 40.4 x 49.8 cm (15 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0254

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

sectional perspective

Point of View:

general view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

inscribed - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, b.: "Balnei Laterani, & in eo, ad curandam Constant. Caes. Elephantiasim, in= / noxio infantium sanguini suscipiendo primum parati Labri, ac mox conver / sa in pietatem crudelitate, eius dem baptismo destinati, simulacrum. Romae. / ANT. LAFRERI. EXC." numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "11" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, in various loactions: "11"

Subject:

architecture

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

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