GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Autun (Saône-et-Loire, 71) |
| Subject(s) | Theatre |
| Author(s) | Anonymous French artist (15..?-16..?) |
| Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
| Date | Early 17th century |
| Inscription | p align="justify">« Caues ou se mettoient aultrefois les bestes feroces, estant en la coruée proche ledict Amphiteatre : c’est tout ce qui reste de lamphitheatre pourtant ce qui est peint en ce liure a esté tiré sur les originaux il ia trante ans pour Mr le president Jeannin et jay eu bien de la peine de le tirer du peintre » |
| References | BnF, Collection Dupuy, ms. 667, f. 153 |
| Bibliography | Fontenay 1889, p. 181 ; Rebourg 1993, pp. 72-76 ; Lemerle 2005, p.113-116 |
| Remarks | The drawing shows remains of the theatre, rather than the amphitheatre. 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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