Perspective of a statue of Mars, also known as King Pyrrhus, in a niche

People:

Jacobus Bos (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Perspective of a statue of Mars, also known as King Pyrrhus, in a niche

Date:

printed 1562

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 50 × 35 cm (19 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0312

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Inscription:

signed and inscribed - by the engraver, in the plate on the image, l.r.: "Iacobus Bossius Belga, incidit" inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Pyrrhi Molossorum regis Imperatorum sui temporis fortissimi, et rei militaris peritissimi ducis Simulachrum, / quod Romae in porticu domus Maximi Archiepiscopi Amalphitanorum situm Ant. Salamanca aeneis typis / suis delineavit et publicae studiosorum utilitati Anno M D LXII in lucem misit" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "69"

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

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

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