A street with buildings, colonnades and an arch
Medium
Engraving; third state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 10 3/8 × 14 7/8 in. (26.3 × 37.8 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 19 5/8 in. (38 × 49.9 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.58.5(30)
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department, where we encounter *A Street with Buildings, Colonnades and an Arch*, an enchanting engraving attributed to the visionary Renaissance architect Donato dgnolo Bramante (4–1514) and later reproduced by engraver Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. Created between 1475 and 1510, this-state engraving captures an idealized urban vista of harmonious Renaissance architecture: stately buildings framed by graceful colonnades and a grand archway. Bramante, a pioneer of High Renaissance design known for his work on the Tempietto and early p...