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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Obelisk in the Vatican.

Maker

(publisher)
1512-1577

(artist)
1525-1604

Title

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Obelisk in the Vatican.

Date of Production

1550

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 49.2 cm
Width: 34.1 cm

Accession Number

B.1978.PG.102.38

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. 32A (1)
Fig. p. p.149

Inscriptions

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

Inscription: DIVO CAESARI DIVI LVLII F. AVGVSTO / TI CAESARI DIVI AVGVSTI F. AVGVSTO SACRVM

Inscription: Romae impensis Antonii Lafreri 1575

Inscription: OBELISCI VATICANI / .... / Ant(onii) Lafreri formis Romae MDL.

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