Perspective of a statue of Meleager

People:

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

Title:

Perspective of a statue of Meleager

Date:

printed 1555

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 x 34.4 cm (19 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0308

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has an old horizontal fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Antiquum ex pario marmore in aedibus Hadriani Episcopi Aquinatis et numeris omnibus absolutum et omnium quae multis ab hinc annis eruta Romae sunt integerrimum; simulacrum / Con gratiaet privilegio. AnT Lafrerius Sequanus; R. M DLV" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "65"

Subject:

sculpture

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

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