Partial view of a Building (Templum Iovis Ultoris), from "Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles"
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.
Suavius added the small face on the top right, which is not part of the original.
Artwork Details
- Title: Partial view of a Building (Templum Iovis Ultoris), from "Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles"
- Series/Portfolio: 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 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (13.5 x 7 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
- Object Number: 48.13.4(72b)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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