Perspective of a statue of the god Oceanus

People:

Nicolas Beatrizet (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)

Title:

Perspective of a statue of the god Oceanus

Date:

printed 1560

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 34.2 x 49.6 cm (13 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0307

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has an old vertical fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate above the image, u.l.: "AMICE QVAM TV HIC EFFIGIEM SPECTATV RARAM DEMIRARIS / OCEANI EST - ANNIS SVPERIORIB:ROMAE REPERTA AD / ARCVM CAMPILIANI VBI ANTEA NILI ET TIBERIS / QVOR NVNC IN VATICANO INTRA PONTIFICVM / HORTIS VISVNTVR IMAGINES SED HVIVSCE / SPECTATV DIGNVM SIMULACHRVM NVNC / IN AEDIBVS IO BAPTISTAE ET IO VINCENTII / FABIORVM ROMAE AD SARRAE AREAM VIS / ITVR INTERIM QVOD HVNC IN MODVM / TIBI REPRHESENTVR OCEANVS: / NICOLAO BEATRICIO LOTHARINGO / GRATIAS HABE VALE ROMAE / MDLX" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "64" [sideways]

Subject:

sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

statue

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

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