Antiquae Urbis Romae cum Regionibus Simulacrum
Medium
Printed book with hand-colored woodcuts
Dimensions
16 5/16 x 11 1/8 x 1 3/16 in. (41.5 x 28.2 x 3 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.87
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the Renaissance fascination with antiquity through *Antiquae Urbis Romae cum Regionibus Simulacrum* (Image of Ancient Rome with its Regions), a remarkable 1532 printed book now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department. Crafted by a stellar collaboration—antiquarian Fabio Calvo, printer Valerio Dorico, calligrapher Ludovico Arrighi, scholars Tolomeo Egnazio and Fabio Timotheo, and papal patrons Pope Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici) and Cardinal Francesco Armellini de' Medici—this volume captures Rome's imperial past. Measuring a compact 16 5/16 x 11 1/8...
About the Artist
Fabio Calvo|Valerio Dorico|Pope Clement VII (Giulio de Medici)|Tolomeo Egnazio|Ludovico Arrighi|Cardinal Francesco Armellini de' Medici|Fabio Timotheo (Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian) · 1450 | |1478 | |1500 |1470 | –1527 | |1534 | |1600 |1527 |
Italian, probably Ravenna ca. 1450–1527 Rome| |Italian, 1478–1534, (papacy 1523–34)|Italian|Italian, 16th century|Italian, 1470–1527|Italian