I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura Di Andrea Palladio. Ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini, & di quelli auertimenti, che sono piu necessarij nel fabricare; Si Tratta Delle Case Private, delle Vie, de i Ponti, delle Piazze, de i Xisti, et de'Tempij.

published 1570

Andrea Palladio (author)

Associated Names
Andrea Palladio

Author, Italian, 1508 - 1580

This is a drawing of an architectural book cover. The title page is filled with classical architectural elements and allegorical figures. The top of the page has an inscription "REGINA VIRTUS" beneath a sitting figure holding a scepter and a sheaf of leaves. Below are four columns with elaborate capitals, and seated figures on each side. In the center is an oval medallion containing a pastoral scene of a boat in the sea and a bovine head at the base. The design is consistent with the aesthetics of the Renaissance period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4 parts in 1 vol: ill: woodcuts within text (156 full-page)

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 29.2 x 20.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 30 x 21.1 x 3.6 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.49.42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

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Exhibition History

2019

  • Thomas Jefferson Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 2019-2020, no repro.

Bibliography

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, no. 65

2019

  • DeWitt, Lloyd, and Piper Corey. Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals. Exh. cat. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 2019-2020.

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