GALLIA ROMANA
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Ville | Vienne (Isère, 38) |
Subject(s) | Pyramid |
Perspective elevation | |
Author(s) | Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques (attributed to) |
Engraver and architect (1511-1584/85) | |
Resource type | Drawing on vellum (pen, black ink and wash) |
Date | c. 1540-1550 |
Inscription | |
References | Unlocated private collection, 50 (Geymuller) |
Bibliography | Geymuller 1887, pp. 111-114 (Volume G) ; 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 ; Leproux 2010, pp. 17-18 |
Remarks | The drawing comes from a volume comprising a hundred miniatures. An identical drawing is contained in the Kaufman-Sketchbook (London, private collection). The quadrifrons (square-sided) arch which constituted the base of the obelisk stood on the spina of the circus |
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