ECL-Bn.12:16-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:16-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
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)
A view of the temple is given from the right, obliquely, and beneath it, a ground plan.
Above the temple is the inscription: Hoc templum in foro Romano situm cuius integram vides formam et si ex parte sit dirutum sic tamen olim juisse vel ipsae ruinae manifestissime ostendunt.
Beside the ground plan, lower right is the inscription: Ant. Lafrerij aeneis formis cum gratia et/ privilegio Romae an. MDLXV
Above the temple is the inscription: Hoc templum in foro Romano situm cuius integram vides formam et si ex parte sit dirutum sic tamen olim juisse vel ipsae ruinae manifestissime ostendunt.
Beside the ground plan, lower right is the inscription: Ant. Lafrerij aeneis formis cum gratia et/ privilegio Romae an. MDLXV
Content (object)
temple
Dimensions
height (actual size): 433mm
width (actual size): 334mm
width (actual size): 334mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1555