Half of an Arch [Arcus Lutii Septimi] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'

Lambert Suavius Netherlandish
 After a print previously attributed to the Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop Italian
 Publisher Gerard de Jode Netherlandish

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Perspectival depiction of the left half of a double triumphal arch, said to be the ‘Arcus Lutii Septimii’ set in a stylized landscape. The arch appears to be placed on a square and is stripped from all its ornaments and relief decorations, aside from a statue which crowns one of the protruding piers with Ionic or Composite pillars that flank the arches. While the proportions are incorrect, the overall composition of the arch resembles the arch of Septimius Severus in Rome.

This print and several others in this series published by Gerard de Jode were copied after a group of Italian architectural prints, previously attriputed to the Master G. A. with the Caltrop, and first published in Rome between 1530 and 1550. The prints depict buildings from Roman Antiquity, ranging from triumphal arches to bath houses, temples and palaces in Italy, France and Spain. Some of the buildings have been artificially reconstructed based on Medieval descriptions, while others are depicted in their ruinous states.

Half of an Arch [Arcus Lutii Septimi] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles', Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510–by 1576), Etching

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