Half of an Arch [Porta Antonae] 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
Not on view
Perspectival depiction of the right half of a triumphal arch, said to be the so-called ‘Porta Antonae’, set in a stylized landscape. The arch appears to have been stripped from all its ornaments and relief decorations, aside from the Ionic or Composite pillars on the corners of the piers. The arch is crowned by a tall attica, which supports a pediment placed over the central arch. While the proportions are incorrect, the overall composition of the arch, aside from the tympanum, resembles the arch of Trajan in Benevento, Italy.
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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