Two facades of palaces with towers, marked A1-A2, from Architectura oder Bauung der Antiquen auss dem Vitruvius, plate 20
From a book by Hans Vredeman de Vries with twenty-three plates of architectural designs based on the five orders of architecture. The book was first published by Gerard de Jode in 1577, with editions in French, German and Dutch. This edition (the ninth) was printed by Abraham Verhoeven for the publisher, Pieter de Jode I, in 1619. After the etched title plate (with the German title, as it first appeared in the fourth edition in 1581), are five folios of letterpress text in French with explanations of each of the five architectural orders. The text begins on the first page with the dedication to Denys van der Neesen, secretary of Antwerp, by Theodorus Kemp, and ends with the imprint: "De l'Imprimerie de Abraham Verhoeuen, pour Pierre de Iode, l'An M. DC. XIX."
Artwork Details
- Title: Two facades of palaces with towers, marked A1-A2, from Architectura oder Bauung der Antiquen auss dem Vitruvius, plate 20
- Series/Portfolio: Architectura oder Bauung der Antiquen auss dem Vitruvius [...]
- Artist: after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
- Artist: Johannes van Doetecum I (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605)
- Artist: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589)
- Publisher: Pieter de Jode I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1570–Antwerp 1634)
- Printer: Abraham Verhoeven (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1575–1652 Antwerp)
- Date: Published 1619
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 13 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (34 × 25.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 11 1/8 in. (36.2 × 28.2 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
- Object Number: 38.44.6(21)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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