Perspective of a tournament held in the Cortile di Belvedere, Vatican Palace, Rome

People:

Hendrick van Cleve III (engraver (printmaker))
Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Donato Bramante (architect)

Title:

Perspective of a tournament held in the Cortile di Belvedere, Vatican Palace, Rome

Date:

printed ca. 1565

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 49.6 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0328

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet was made from one la rger and one smaller sheet joined together and has two old vertical folds.

Inscription:

inscribed and signed - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, t.: "Monstra della giostra fatta nel Teatro di Palazzo / ridotto in questa forma dalla S.tà di N. S. Pio 4.o come / si vede nella stampa della pianta, con le sue mesure:" [in cartouche]; l.l.: "Ant. / Lafreri / formis"; and l.r.: "HCB/fecit" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "85"

Subject:

architecture
temporary architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

joust

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

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