Ruin of a round Temple [Templum Idor Egito], from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'
Lambert Suavius Netherlandish
After print previously attributed to the Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop Italian
Publisher Gerard de Jode Netherlandish
Not on view
Perspectival cross section of a building, said to be the ‘Templum Idor Egito’. The building has a circular floor plan and consists of a central round nave of three stories high, surrounded by an ambulatory that reaches up to the second floor. Both the walls of the nave and the ambulatory are characterized by arches that are open to the exterior. The nave is crowned by an oculus. The building is similar to, but cannot be identified as a known central-plan building from the Roman and Early Christian periods.
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.
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![Ruin of a round Temple [Templum Idor Egito], from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles', Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510–by 1576), Etching](/Rodan/dist/svg/rolling-0.9s-30px.svg)
