Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sacrifice to Priapus.
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Maker
(printmaker)
active ca. 1532 (Life dates)
active ca. 1532 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1512-1577
1512-1577
Title
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sacrifice to Priapus.
Date of Production
1530 - 1560
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.1 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Object Number
B.1978.PG.102.86
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (‘Mirror of Roman Magnificence’), one of the most celebrated print collections of the Renaissance, is unique in that no two known examples are alike. Antoine Lafréry, a French publisher based in Rome, kept a large stock of prints depicting Roman antiquities, sculptures and contemporary architecture, from which clients could make a selection according to their individual interests. The volume was then bound with a standard frontispiece.
Inscriptions
Inscription: 99
Inscription: Quanto honorato sei benigno bacco:/ Il becco el satir quil’ dimostra e’ quelli / Ch’an del tuo buon liquore empito l’sacco Sofegni di Silen tutti e’ fratelli: / Comuni in allegorezza, e’ quell ch’ e’ stracco / Di ber, satio non e’ doue con belli : / Modi, e’ con atti alla tua statua intorno / Festgia ognun dele tue fronde adorno:
Inscription: B
Inscription: Quanto honorato sei benigno bacco:/ Il becco el satir quil’ dimostra e’ quelli / Ch’an del tuo buon liquore empito l’sacco Sofegni di Silen tutti e’ fratelli: / Comuni in allegorezza, e’ quell ch’ e’ stracco / Di ber, satio non e’ doue con belli : / Modi, e’ con atti alla tua statua intorno / Festgia ognun dele tue fronde adorno:
Inscription: B
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Literature
Zorach, Rebecca, The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome: printing and collecting the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, Chicago 2008
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.75.A (1)
Fig. p. 158
cat.75.A (1)
Fig. p. 158
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