Templum Antiquum Ad Fontem Aegerium (Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella, Rome)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

ca. 1550–60 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Templum Antiquum Ad Fontem Aegerium (Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella, Rome) — Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Perspectival depiction of a Roman temple with Corinthian columns, transformed into the church of Sant'Urbano alla Caffarelle in the 10th century AD. The sheet was acquired as part of a set of fifteen sheets containing 19 plates with views of ancient Roman buildings and one design for a stage set, likely all from the stock of Antonio Lafreri and/or Antonio Salamanca in Rome. The author of the print has not been identified yet, but is undoubtedly the same as 2016.684.14.

Artist
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
Date
ca. 1550–60
Medium
Engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Edward Pearce Casey Fund and Carolyn H. Specht Gift, 2016