GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Autun (Saône-et-Loire, 71) |
| Subject(s) | Amphitheatre |
| Perspective elevation | |
| Author(s) | Anonymous French artist (15..?-16..?) |
| Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
| Date | Early 17th century |
| Inscription | « Le theatre estant proche l'amphiteatre cy deuant Il nest plus » |
| References | BnF, Collection Dupuy, ms. 667, f. 151 |
| Bibliography | Fontenay 1889, p. 191 ; Rebourg 1993, pp. 76-78 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 113-116 |
| Remarks | Erroneously identified as a theatre, the monument no longer existed at the beginning of the 17th century. The drawings of Autun's antiquities were commissioned by Pierre Jeannin (known as the President Jeannin); they were gathered together by Peiresc some thirty years later |
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