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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Acanthus frieze.

Maker

(printmaker)
1523-1567

(publisher)
1512-1577

Title

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Acanthus frieze.

Date of Production

1561

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 43.8 cm

Accession Number

B.1978.PG.102.48

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.142
Fig. p. p.167

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sic Romae visuntur intercolumniorum folia, mira diligentia ex antigrapho antiquo, quod hodie in aedibus Andreae, quondam Card. a Valle, integro marmore conspicitur, / desumpta; quibus, lector, interea tibi frui licebit dum ex eodem prompuario et hiis similia, atque etiam maiora propediem paramus. formis Ant. Lafr. Sequani Romae DLXI

Inscription: 60

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