Perspective of the Emperor Commodus as Hercules carrying Telephus, in a niche

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of the Emperor Commodus as Hercules carrying Telephus, in a niche

Date:

printed 1550

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 49,7 × 34,6 cm (19 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0303

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed unevenly and has an offset image of an unidentified print on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, b.: "COMMODI IMP FACIEM ATQVE HABITVM HERCVLIS INDVTI AV PVSIONEM INFANTEM (CVIVS ERRORE PERIIT) BRACHIO / LAEVO GESTANTIS STATVA INSIGNIS ITA VT IN BELVEDERE (PONT HORTO SIC VVLGO APPELLATO) EXTAT / ANT LAFRERI SEQVANI FORMIS EXPRESSA ROMAE ANNO M D L" [in cartouche] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "60"

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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