- Title:
- Amphitheatri Veronen Diligens et Accurata Delineatio
- Additional Title(s):
- Amphitheater of Verona
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1560
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image: "Amphitheatri Veronen diligens et accurata delineatio, quod ludis publicis, gladiatorio muneri, et ferarum venationib exhibendis, Imp. Caes. Aug. suasu, post bella civil. pace Pop. Ro. terra mariq parta | nobilissima colonia Verona, opere rustico, in foro boario extra Vrb. moenia, aere publico collocavit. Unum omnium quae nobis antiquitas reliquit, Civium perpetua diligentia, et quantum humana ope praestari | potuit, magis a temporum iniuria praeseruatum. Anteriorem enim porticuum partem, quam alam vocant, ingenti terremotu quassatam, anno salut. 8 cxvy. corruiffe annalibus Veronensium proditum est."; below image, lower right: "Romae Anno 8 D L X | Anton. Lafrerij Sequani, formis | ad genitivum archetypum fidelissime | expressa"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.12.1457
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:24760
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Antonio Lafreri, 1512–1577, French, active in Italy, Amphitheatri Veronen Diligens et Accurata Delineatio, 1560
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