ECL-Bn.12:59-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:59-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief (?): sea battle
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)
Ships of varying sizes, ornately decorated, clash together. The majority of the figures within the very curved vessels are nude.
In the lower right corner, bobbing on the waves is a cube inscribed: B. Beneath it: ROMAE ANT. LAFRERI
In the lower right corner, bobbing on the waves is a cube inscribed: B. Beneath it: ROMAE ANT. LAFRERI
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 311mm
width (actual size): 475mm
width (actual size): 475mm
Inscription
In pencil in the frame on the right edge of the engraving is written in ink: 9 R and 0-15 (?)
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
c.1540-1570