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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Military insignia and instruments of war from a marble tablet.

Maker

(printmaker)
born 1507 or 1515, died ca. 1565 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1512-1577

Title

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Military insignia and instruments of war from a marble tablet.

Date of Production

1551

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 27.3 cm

Accession Number

B.1978.PG.102.49

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.44
Fig. p. p.151

Inscriptions

Inscription: M. POMPEIO M. F. ANI ASPRO / >LEG XV APOLLINAR> COH III PR / PRIMOP LEG III CYREN PRAEF CASTR / LEG XX VICTR / ATIMETVS LIB PVLLARIVS / FECIT ET SIBI ET / M. POMPEIO M. F. ET CINCIAE / COL ASPRO SATVRNINAE / FILIO SVO ET VXORI SVAE / M. POMPEIO M. F. COL ASPRO FILIO MINORI

Inscription: 61

Inscription: IN . AEDIB . FEDERICI CARD . DE . CAESIS . SVB . VATICANO . / TABVLA MARM . COHORTIVM . SIGNIS DVOBVS . AQUILAQ . LEGIONARIA ATQVE . ALIIS . CVM . INSTRUMENTIS . BELLICIS TVM . CAVEA . PULLARIA . / INSCRIPTIONIBVSQ . PERELEGANTIBVS . INSIGNIS. ANT . LAFRERI . FORMIS . EXACTISSIME DELINEATA, ROMAE . MDLI

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