Forma Partis Templi Divi Petri [Exterior Section of Saint Peter's Basilica]
1564
Italian 16th Century, after Michelangelo, published by Vincenzo Luchino
Engraver
Publisher, Italian, active 1552 - 1571
Artist After, Florentine, 1475 - 1564
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 39.1 × 54.8 cm (15 3/8 × 21 9/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2012.46.1.9
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Catalogue Raisonné
Rubach, no. 369, state i/iii
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Series Title
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)
Associated Artworks
See all 58 artworks
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)
Antonio Lafreri, Antonio Salamanca, Tommaso Barlacchi, Giacomo Lauro, Étienne Dupérac, Vincenzo Luchino, Jacob Bos, Bartolomeo Faleti, Nicolas Beatrizet, Pedro Perret, Enea Vico, Ferrando Bertelli, Marco Dente, Monogrammist HCB
1544
Balnei Laterani [The Lateran Baptistry]
Italian 16th Century, Antonio Lafreri
1544
The Pantheon
Italian 16th Century, Antonio Lafreri
1553
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Weingarten Monastery, Swabia, 1632 (title page inscription in the NGA "Speculum"). Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu, Belgium (bookplate: Ex libris Vallis Dei). English export license recording the sale of this volume in 1974 by E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd., London; Daniel Donahue, Santa Barbara, CA; (Liber Antiquus, Washington, D.C.); purchased 2012 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1921
Huelsen, Christian. "Das Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae des Antonio Lafreri." Collectanea variae doctrinae Leoni Olschki. Munich: 1921: no. 96a.
2016
Rubach, Birte. Ant. Lafreri Formis Romae: Der Verleger Antonio Lafreri und seine Druckgraphikproduktion. Berlin, 2016.
Inscriptions
Lettered upper right: "Forma partis Templi Divi Petri in Vaticano", "Michael Angelus Bonarotus Inventor"
Lettered lower left and right: "Romae Vincentius Luchinus Excu." "Cum Privilegio MDLXIIII"
Lettered upper left: "Pio IIII P. M. Dicatum"
Wikidata ID
Q77259558