ECL-Bn.12:11-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:11-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: River Nile
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The volume Bn 12 is described in Fa 4 as : 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae in loose sheets being points of ye most famous remains of buildings, amphitheatres, temples, columns, triumphal arches, mausoleums and statues in Rome - engraved by Lafrerius, Barlachus, Aen. Vicus and others'
Description
Content (description)
The frieze of Nilotic scenes from round the base on which the statue of the Nile reclines is shown set around the statue like a frame.
At the top left is a very long inscription explaining the significance of the statue and ending: ....HAEC OMNIA TIBI ANT. LAFRERI AENEA TABULA NUNC PROFERT EX ANTIQUO SIMULACHRO QUOD IN VATICANO ADHUC CONSPICITUR EXACTE EFFIGIATA
At the top left is a very long inscription explaining the significance of the statue and ending: ....HAEC OMNIA TIBI ANT. LAFRERI AENEA TABULA NUNC PROFERT EX ANTIQUO SIMULACHRO QUOD IN VATICANO ADHUC CONSPICITUR EXACTE EFFIGIATA
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 333mm
width (actual size): 553mm
width (actual size): 553mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Fuhrer (no. 440 Still in the Vatican)