Bird's-eye reconstruction of the port of Ostia

People:

Pirro Ligorio (draughtsman)
Unknown, Italy, mid 16th century (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Bird's-eye reconstruction of the port of Ostia

Date:

printed ca. 1555-1575

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 49,9 × 73,4 cm (19 5/8 × 28 7/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0268

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
bird's-eye view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed within plate mark at t. and b. and is folded vertically at c.l. Sheet was made from two sheets joined together.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the engraver ? in the plate on the image, u.r.: "ANTIQVA SPECIES VRBIVM / PORTUS ATQVE OSTIAE AB DIVE / RSIS RO IMP CONDITARVM ITEM / DVOR AMPLISS PORTVM CLAVDII / TRAIANIQ DESCRIPTIO PER / PYRRHVM LIGORIVM NEAPOLI / TANVM FACTA" [in cartouche]: l.r.: "Bolognini Zalterij Formis."; and in various locations: with names of bodies of water, topographical features, and other aspects of the port numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "25"

Subject:

architecture
military
topographic

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

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