Partial view of a Building [Tem Ro Penatibus Dicatu] 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 depiction of a temple, seen in side view (?) referred to as the ‘Tem. Ro. Penatibus Dicatu.’. The building is characterized by its central plan and placed on high podium with steps leading up to it on the left side. The main body of the building is circular in shape, with an avant-corps on the front side. The building is crowned by a stepped cupola supported by a drum decorated and a lantern at the top. While the building appears to be fantastical in nature, it bears some resemblance, and almost seems a pastiche of the centralized temples depicted by Raphael and Perugino in their respective versions of the ‘Sposalizio’, and in the latter artist’s ‘Delivery of the Keys’. 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