Cross-Section of Round Temple [Pinaculu Termar], from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'

Gerard de Jode|Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop|Lambert Suavius

1554 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Perspectival cross section of a building, said to be the so-called ‘Pinaculu Termar’. The building has a circular floor plan and consists of a central round nave surrounded by an ambulatory. The coffered ceiling is interrupted at top by an oculus. While it has been suggested that the building may represent the Church of Santa Costanza in Rome, the interior and exterior features of the building depicted in this print differ too much, to follow this identification. 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 states.

Artist

Gerard de Jode|Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop|Lambert Suavius

Date

1554

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948