Ruin of a Palace Facade [Palatium M. Agrippa] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'
Frontal view of the façade of a palace, said to be that of Emperor Marcus Agrippa. The rusticated façade consists of three stories crowned by an attica with arches and small round windows. The façade is divided in four bays each with a window or door open to the exterior. Double Doric pillars flank the windows. Along the sides and top of the building damage is visible. It is not clear whether this rendition is based on a specific building in Rome, or whether the printmaker relied on his own imagination, based on a description of the palace in an historic source.
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ruin of a Palace Facade [Palatium M. Agrippa] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'
- Artist: Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510–by 1576)
- Artist: After a print previously attributed to the Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop (Italian, 1530–1540)
- Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509/17–1591)
- Date: 1554
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (13.9 × 17.6 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
- Object Number: 48.13.4(67)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Multiple artists/makers
1554
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop
Plates ca. 1530–50
Lambert Suavius
mid-16th century
Lambert Suavius
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Lambert Suavius
1525–76
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