Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)
1549-1589
Publisher, Italian, 1512 - 1577
Artist
Artist, French, 1515 - 1565 or after
Artist, Venetian, active 16th century
Artist, Italian, active 1540s
Artist, French, active 1540 - 1556
Artist, Bolognese, c. 1500/1510–after 1574
Artist, Italian, c. 1490 - 1536 or after
Artist, Roman, active c. 1532
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 82 Italian engravings and etchings in an 18th-century binding
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall size (volume closed): 40.6 x 30.2 cm (16 x 11 7/8 in.)
page size: 40 x 28.5 cm (15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2000.119.1
Associated Artworks
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Monogrammist CB
1551
Trajanic Relief from the Arch of Constantine
Nicolas Beatrizet
1540
Colosseum
Nicolas Beatrizet
1540
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Weingarten Monastery, Swabia, 1632. (Susan Schulman Printseller, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2004
Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005
Bibliography
1921
Huelsen, Christian. "Das Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae des Antonio Lafreri." Collectanea variae doctrinae Leoni Olschki. Munich: 1921.
1976
McGinniss, Lawrence R. and Herbert Mitchell. Catalogue of the Earl of Crawford's 'Speculum Magnificentiae Now in the Avery Achitectural Library. New York, 1976.