Partial view of a Building [Sepulchrum Adriani] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles' 1554 Lambert Suavius Netherlandish Perspectival depiction of part of the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian. The building is characterized by its central plan consisting of two circular floors on a rectangular base. The building is crowned by a rectangular (?) lantern. A statue of a Roman soldier is placed on the right corner of the base of the building. Two other statues are placed in semi-circular niches on the second floor. While th
Partial view of a Building [Sepulchrum Adriani] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles' 1554 Lambert Suavius Netherlandish Perspectival depiction of part of the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian. The building is characterized by its central plan consisting of two circular floors on a rectangular base. The building is crowned by a rectangular (?) lantern. A statue of a Roman soldier is placed on the right corner of the base of the building. Two other statues are placed in semi-circular niches on the second floor. While the building is meant to represent Hadrian’s Tomb, still preserved as the Castel Sant’Angelo today, this rendition was likely created as an ekphrasis, without extensive knowledge of the remains of the original. This print and several others in this series published by Gerard de Jode were copied after a group of Italian architectural prints, previously attriputed to the Master G. A. with the Caltrop, and first published in Rome between 1530 and 1550. The prints depict buildings from Roman Antiquity, ranging from triumphal arches to bath houses, temples and palaces in Italy, France and Spain. Some of the buildings have been artificially reconstructed based on Medieval descriptions, while others are depicted in their ruinous Partial view of a Building [Sepulchrum Adriani] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles' 408681
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