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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sepulchre of Emperor Augustus.

Maker

(publisher)
1512-1577

(artist)
1525-1604

Title

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sepulchre of Emperor Augustus.

Date of Production

1575

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 47.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm

Accession Number

B.1978.PG.102.37

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Parshall, Peter, 'Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae' in 'Print Quarterly', 2006 - pp. 3-28; XXIII (I)

Huelsen, Christian, 'Das Speculum Magnificentiae des Antonio Lafreri' in Collectanea Variae Doctrinae, Florence 1921 - pp.121-170
cat. 108
Fig. p. p.163

Inscriptions

Inscription: His et talibus monumentis .... Ant. Lafreri formis Romae M.D.L.X.V

Inscription: MAUSOLEI AB AVGVSTO IMP. SIBI POSTERISQ. SUIS ROMAE A EXTRVCTI, CVIVS RVI / NAE PROPE AEDEM D. ROCHI EXTANT ACCVRATISS. DELINEATIO A STEPHANO DV / PERAC PARISIENSI DESCRIPTA.

Inscription: Romae impensis Antonii Lafreri 1575

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