Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Elevation of the South facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, as conceived by Michelangelo.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Title page. Title placed within an architectural frame supported by caryatids.
B.1978.PG.102.5
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio etching of temples on the Isle of the Tiber.
B.1978.PG.102.6
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Folio etching of the temple of Janus in the Forum Boarium.
B.1978.PG.102.13
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio print of the Lateran, previously the baths of Constantine, with a section cut away to show the interior.
B.1978.PG.102.18
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Folio print of a Trajanic relief of the Dacian warset into the Arch of Constantine.
B.1978.PG.102.19
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Folio print of a Trajanic relief of the Dacian war set into the Arch of Constantine.
B.1978.PG.102.27
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Naval battle.
B.1978.PG.102.32
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Winding column in the Capella della Pietà, St. Peter's, Rome.
B.1978.PG.102.33
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Trajan's column.
B.1978.PG.102.34
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Trajan's column.
B.1978.PG.102.35
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio print of the Column of Marcus Aurelius on the left, formerly identified as the Column of Antoninus, and an obelisk on the right.
B.1978.PG.102.36
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Relief depicting a sacrifice taken from the column of Marcus Aurelius, formerly identified as the column of Antoninus.
B.1978.PG.102.37
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sepulchre of Emperor Augustus.
B.1978.PG.102.38
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Obelisk in the Vatican.
B.1978.PG.102.39
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio print showing a reconstruction of the Circus Maximus with a chariot race.
B.1978.PG.102.40
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Columna Rostrata and the Meta Sudans. ...See all related works
B.1978.PG.102.41
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio print of the port of Rome.
B.1978.PG.102.42
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sepulchre of Metella.
B.1978.PG.102.43
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sepulchre of Gaius Cestius.
B.1978.PG.102.44
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Septizonium (Sepulchre of Lucius Septimius Severus).
B.1978.PG.102.45
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Sepulchre of M. Antonius Antius Lupus
B.1978.PG.102.46
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Sepulchre of P. Vibius Marianus
B.1978.PG.102.47
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sarcophagus of Constantia.
B.1978.PG.102.48
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Acanthus frieze.
B.1978.PG.102.49
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Military insignia and instruments of war from a marble tablet.
B.1978.PG.102.50
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae.Tablet with calendar from the Farnese Palace.
B.1978.PG.102.51
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Festival of Bacchus, from the Ikarios relief.
B.1978.PG.102.52
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The capitoline Wolf.
B.1978.PG.102.53
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A child pulling a thorn from his foot, known as the 'spinario'.
B.1978.PG.102.54
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.
B.1978.PG.102.55
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Left portion of a relief from a sarcophagus showing the Battle of the Amazons.
B.1978.PG.102.56
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Left hand portion of the relief showing the battle of the Amazons.
B.1978.PG.102.57
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Right portion of a relief from a sarcophagus showing the Battle of the Amazons.
B.1978.PG.102.58
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Frieze with instruments for sacrifices.
B.1978.PG.102.59
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Frieze showing a sacrifice in the Field of Mars.
B.1978.PG.102.60
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Dioscuri (Horse Tamers), seen from the front.
B.1978.PG.102.61
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Dioscuri (Horse Tamers), seen from behind.
B.1978.PG.102.62
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A warrior carrying the body of a dead youth (Achilles and Troilus?) ...See less related works
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Inscription: 127
Inscription: ORTHOGRAPHIA . PARTIS . EXTERIORIS TEMPLI . DIVI . PETRI IN . VATICANO
Provenance
Literature
cat.93 A (1)
Fig. p. 161
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