Partial View of a Building [Templum Isaiae Prophetae] 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 the left part of a temple, referred to as the ‘Tenplum [sic] Isaiae Prophetae’ placed on a two-stepped podium and set in a stylized landscape. The building is characterized by a domed tower and separate cupola over the central bay. The left side of the building is marked by an avant-corpse that mirrors the central entrance and is crowned by a small cupola with a tall drum and a pointed tip. 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