The Pantheon, broken away to show the interior

Anonymous 

Publisher:
Antonio Lafreri (Orgelet (Franche-Comte) ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
Date:
1553
Medium:
Engraving
Dimensions:
sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 1/16 in. (46 x 56 cm) plate: 14 7/16 x 18 7/8 in. (36.6 x 48 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number:
41.72(1.21)
  • Description

    Published as part of Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence). This print comes from a scrapbook of 3 volumes with inlaid engraved and etched plates. It is likely that individuals who purchased the prints from Lafreri made their own selections and had them bound. For a history of the publication of the Speculum prints, see Peter Parshall, "Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae," Print Quarterly, 2001 (1-28).

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: At top center: PANTEI FIDELISSIME DIMENSI EXTERIOR ET INTERIOR PARS EX ANTIQVO ROMANO SVIS OMNIBVS ABSOLVTA At lower left: ANT. LAFRERII ROMAE MDLIII Measurements throughout

    Marking: On verso at left center: The Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp On verso at upper right:7 Panthei (?)

  • Provenance

    H. P. Kraus

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Quaritch Catalogue 20; Huelsen 6a

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