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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sarcophagus of Constantia.

Maker

(publisher)
1512-1577

Title

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sarcophagus of Constantia.

Date of Production

1553

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

Accession Number

B.1978.PG.102.47

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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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.43 A (1)
Fig. p. p.151

Inscriptions

Inscription: ANTIQUI EX PORPHIRITE SARCOPHAGI IN BACCHI AD SECUNDUM AB URBE VIA NOMENTANA LAPIDEM ut radius propter marmoris duritiem vel artificis negligentiam vel Saeculi sane barbariem tum in fronte et a tergo tum dextro / ac sinistro lafere totidem ac iisdem figuris insculpti. Ita sepulcri Constantiae Constantini Magni filiae fama quamquam incerta vulgo noti. DEFORMATIO Antoni Lafrerii seqvani formis Romae DLIII

Inscription: 59

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