Varro's Aviary

1558

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lois and Robert Erburu

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49 x 37 cm (19 5/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.119.1.hh

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Huelsen 1921, no. 36, State Ab

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Associated Artworks

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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)

Antonio Lafreri, Various Artists, Nicolas Beatrizet, Giulio de Musi, Master FG, Léon Davent, Giulio Bonasone, Agostino dei Musi, Master of the Die

1549

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Monogrammist CB

1551

Trajanic Relief from the Arch of Constantine

Nicolas Beatrizet

1540

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Weingarten Monastery, Swabia, 1632. (Susan Schulman Printseller, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

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.

Watermarks

Lozenge with six-pointed star in circle

Wikidata ID

Q75431773

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