GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Vienne (Isère, 38) |
| Subject(s) | Pyramid |
| Perspective elevation | |
| Author(s) | Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques |
| Engraver and architect (1511-1584/85) | |
| Resource type | Drawing on paper (pen and black ink), 19 x 12,8 cm. |
| Date | c. 1545-1550 |
| Inscription | « La piramide de vienne aupres de lion dedans les vignes » |
| References | Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 20496(=1760), 21 |
| Bibliography | Geymuller 1887, pp. 121-123 (Recueil J) ; Pelletier 1974, pp. 6-15 ; Thomson 1980 ; Pelletier 1982, pp. 221-222 ; Lemerle 2003, pp. 10-14 ; Lemerle 2004, pp. 135-144 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 74-76, 96 ; Furhing 2010, pp. 327-328 ; Leproux 2010, pp. 17-18 |
| Remarks | The quadrifrons (square-sided) arch which constituted the base of the obelisk stood on the spina of the circus |
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