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Narcissus

Etienne DuPérac

second half 16th century

Port of Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

1581

Narcissus

Etienne DuPérac

second half 16th century

Egyptian Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

mid-to-late 16th century

I Vestigi dell'Antichitá di Roma Raccolti et Ritratti in Perspettiva con Ogni Diligentia da Stefano Du Perac

Etienne DuPérac

1575

Half-Section of the Model of the Attic and Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica as Conceived by Michelangelo (recto); Detail Studies Relating to the Plan, Section, and Elevation of the Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica (verso).

Etienne DuPérac

1551, 1558–69

Pitratto nel quale si rappresenta il vero sito dell'horti et fontane che con ingeniosissimi adornamenti et maraviglie si vedono nella villa in Tivoli fatta dalla Fe. Me. D. Hippolito da Este Card. di Ferrara (Villa d'Este, Tivoli)

Francesco Corduba

ca. 1620

Illustration of a Roman military triumph, published in Panvinio's treatise on the subject

Onofrio Panvinio

1642

Sepulchre of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1575

Plan of St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1569

St Peter's, entablature profile; reflected ceiling details of the cornice, and profiles of column bases and pedestals (recto) St. Peter's, section through drum of model and entablature of upper story (verso)

Anonymous, French, 16th century

early to mid-16th century

Fountain and Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1575

Sepulchre of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1575

Ancient Rome and its Hills, from the West, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1573

Tivoli Palace and Gardens, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1573

View of the Campidoglio as re-designed by Michelangelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1569

St. Peter's, dome and drum, interior section and elevation, and labeled details (recto); St. Peter's, moulding profiles, details (verso)

Etienne DuPérac

early to mid-16th century

Naval engagement set inside a Roman arena, with the river Tiber and nymphs at lower left and right

Etienne DuPérac

1577–85

St. Peter's, drum, interior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, drum, pedestal, section (verso)

Etienne DuPérac

early to mid-16th century

Vatican Reception of the Duke of Tuscany, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

ca. 1570

Plan of St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1569

Plate 31: view of the column of Trajan, shown with its pedestal dug out from the earth, surrounded by buildings at the base of the Quirinal Hill, Rome, from the series 'Ruins of the antiquity of Rome, Tivoli, Pozzuoli, and other places' (Vestigi della antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzvolo et altri luochi)

Aegidius Sadeler II

1606

Plate 19: view of the Baths of Caracalla, indicating with inscribed letter 'A' the places from which columns were reportedly taken by Pope Pius IV to be sent to the Grand Duke of Florence, from the series 'Ruins of the antiquity of Rome, Tivoli, Pozzuoli, and other places' (Vestigi della antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzvolo et altri luochi)

Aegidius Sadeler II

1606

St Peter's, dome, model, half elevation (recto) blank (verso)

Anonymous, French, 16th century

early to mid-16th century

Ecce Homo

Cornelis Cort

1533–78

Fabulae Centum

Gabriele Faerno

1565

Ecce Homo

Cornelis Cort

1533–78

Face of an Egyptian canopic vase, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

late 16th to early 17th century

Plate 21: view from the west of ruins of the Aventine Hill, Rome, with boats on the river Tiber in the foreground, from the series 'Ruins of the antiquity of Rome, Tivoli, Pozzuoli, and other places' (Vestigi della antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzvolo et altri luochi)

Aegidius Sadeler II

1606

Face of an Egyptian canopic vase, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

late 16th to early 17th century

Antiquarum Statuorum urbis Romae. . .Icones (Rome: Lorenzo Vaccari, 1584)

Etienne DuPérac

1575, 1584, 1600

St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

16th century

Back of an Egyptian canopic vase, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

late 16th to early 17th century

Longitudinal Section Showing the Interior of Saint Peter's Basilica as Conceived by Michelangelo (published in 1569), from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1551, 1558–61

St. Peter's, drum, exterior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, tribune, entablature, section and details (verso)

Anonymous, French, 16th century

early to mid-16th century

Ecce Homo

Cornelis Cort

1533–78

Plate 37: view of the church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola on Tiber Island, Rome, flanked by bridges, from the series 'Ruins of the antiquity of Rome, Tivoli, Pozzuoli, and other places' (Vestigi della antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzvolo et altri luochi)

Aegidius Sadeler II

1606

View of the Roman Capitol, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1569

Title page engraved within architectonic and sculptural border, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac

1573–77

Ecce Homo

Cornelis Cort

ca. 1553–78

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