Half of an Arch [Arcus Lutii Septimi] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'
![Half of an Arch [Arcus Lutii Septimi] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles' by Gerard de Jode|Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop|Lambert Suavius](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/half-of-an-arch-arcus-lutii-septimi-from-the-408628.webp)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 4 5/8 x 3 13/16 in. (11.8 x 9.7 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.13.4(68b)
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About this artwork
"Half of an Arch [Arcus Lutii Septimi] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'" by Gerard de Jode|Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop|Lambert Suavius, created in 1554, is executed in etching. This books|prints|ornament & architecture belongs to the Metropolitan Museum's Drawings and Prints collection. The work measures plate: 4 5/8 x 3 13/16 in. (11.8 x 9.7 cm). The artwork entered the museum's collection through the ...
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching from 1554 captures half of a classical Roman arch, identified as the Arcus Lut Septimi, rendered with precise architectural detail. Created by Gerard de Jode in collaboration with Lambert Suavius and the Monogrammist G.A., it belongs to the series *Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes*, a collection of prints designed as practical references for painters, architects, and other artists. Measuring just under five inches tall, the small plate exemplifies the intimate scale often used in 16th-century printmaking to make classical motifs widely accessible. During the Re...