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Urbis Romae sciographia ex antiquis monumentis accuratiss delineata

Print
1574-1691 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching on 8 sheets of plan of Rome with a numbered legend across the bottom and down either side in rows approx 40 cm wide (five rows on the left and six rows on the right) runs an engraved depiction of a triumphal procession 'Triumphi Maioris in Urbe Romana ob Victoriam Celebrati Typus'. Inscription in frame ornamented with military trophy decoration, and a dedication in a cartouche framed by swags held by cupids and figures, the letters S.P.Q.R in an oval cartouche surrounded by knotwork decoration, cupids and a wolf's? head and tail above and below, the wolf with a basket of fruit on its head. The town plan includes depictions of momuments.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Urbis Romae sciographia ex antiquis monumentis accuratiss delineata (manufacturer's title)
  • Triumphi Maioris in Urbe Romana ob Victoriam Celebrati Typus (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Brief description
Etching on 8 sheets of plan of Rome by Stefano du Perac. 'Urbis Romae sciographia ex antiquis monumentis accuratiss delineata', also with engraving? 'Triumphi Maioris in Urbe Romana ob Victoriam Celebrati Typus' pasted on. 1574-1691. Italian.
Physical description
Etching on 8 sheets of plan of Rome with a numbered legend across the bottom and down either side in rows approx 40 cm wide (five rows on the left and six rows on the right) runs an engraved depiction of a triumphal procession 'Triumphi Maioris in Urbe Romana ob Victoriam Celebrati Typus'. Inscription in frame ornamented with military trophy decoration, and a dedication in a cartouche framed by swags held by cupids and figures, the letters S.P.Q.R in an oval cartouche surrounded by knotwork decoration, cupids and a wolf's? head and tail above and below, the wolf with a basket of fruit on its head. The town plan includes depictions of momuments.
Dimensions
  • Approx, sheets joined together height: 120cm
  • Approx, sheets joined together width: 240cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • VRBIS . ROMAE . SCIOGRAPHIA . EX . ANTIQVIS . MONVMENTIS . ACCVRATISS . DELINEATA Cura, et Tipis Io. Iacobi de Rubeis in Romae ad Templ. / S.tae M.ae de Pace cum Privil. Sum. Pont. (Across top)
  • TRIVMPHI MAIORIS IN VRBE ROMANA OB VICTORIAM CELEBRATI TYPVS / Ne quis pictura huius Veritatem requirat exis tunetua fietam esse / uel inaenio abisunis excoguatam opera prerium duxi hic [...obscured by stain] scriptorum / nomina ex quibus ea desumpta est DIONISIVS libro quinto / in triump[....missing] Septimo Cap. (Legend below Triumphal procession left-hand side reading down in rows)
  • de bello Iudaico VALERIVS Maximus libro 2 Cap. 3 / de jure triumphali IOANNES Zonara historiarum tomo 2 PLVTARCVS / in Vita Amilij APPIANVS Alexandrinus in Lÿbico / Ser[?]ius Super VERGILIVM, et postremo. MARCVS Tul Cicero / de Triumphali Pompa in LVCIVM Pisonem / TRIVMPHI MAIORIS VSVS PERMANS[..?]E CONSTAT AD IVSTINIANI. (Legend below Triumphal procession right-hand side reading down in rows)
  • [names of elements of triumphal procession] (Within triumphal procession)
  • AEdificiorum infrascriptorum nomina Iconographiae Urbicae, quod locus non suppeteret, inferinon potuerunt Verum [...etc] (First words of title to legend across bottom, [becomes difficult to read])
  • AMPLISSIMI ornatissimiq triumphi, vti. L. PAVLVS DE rege Macedonum Perse capto, P. Africanus Aemilianus de Carthage- / nensibus excisis. C. N. Pompeius Magnus ex oriente, Julius Augus / tus, Vespasianus, Traianus, et alÿ Imperatoris Roman, Triumpharunt / ex antiquissimus Lapidum, nummorum et libiorum [...obscured] accura- / tissima descriptio: Onuphrÿ Panninÿ Veranensis [...obscured] opera. / et ceneis formis Antu erpiae primum nunc autem Roma [...obscured]d Jo: Jaco / bum de Rubeis ad Templ. S.ae M.ae de Pace. cum Priuil. Sum. Pont., et Sup. p[...obscured]mi (Top left in ornamental frame)
  • S.P.Q.R (In oval frame held by cupids top left to right of previous inscription)
  • KAROLO. IX / GALLIARVM . REGI . CHRISTIANISSIMO / STEPHANIS . DV . PERAC . PARISIENSIS [followed by 29 line dedication in Latin] Romae. KAL. APRIL / CD.CI.LXXIIII. / Excudebat Romae Io Iacob de Rubeis (In frame lower right of plan)
  • [numbered key to monuments] (In columns across bottom)
  • JOANNES JACOBUS DE RUBEIS / LECTORI (Lower left)
Object history
From University of Chicago catalogue record for DG62.5.L2 Triumphi Maioris in Urbe Romana ob Victoriam; "Gerard de Jode? after Maerten van Heemskerck or Onofrio Panvinio... The set consists of an engraved title page and eleven numbered engravings. It comes from the Veterum Rom. Ornatissimi...triumphi ... which was first published at Amsterdam [1560]; it was later published at Amsterdam in 1598; at Rome in 1618, and at Rome by Gio. Giacomo de Rossi"
Production
Giovanni Jacopo Rossi 1627-1691; see object history note for note on triumphal procession possible attributions
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Other number
FWK.LOST.474 - Previous LOST number
Collection
Accession number
PDP.LOST.474

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