Horizontal Landscape with the remains of the Nymphaeum, mistakenly identified as the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (15 x 9.9 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(64)
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About this artwork
Horizontal Landscape with the remains of the Nymphaeum, mistakenly identified as the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles' by Gerard de Jode|Lambert Suavius, 1554. Created in Etching, this work exemplifies the artistic practices and cultural values of its period. The piece reflects the technical skills and aesthetic sensibilities characteristic of its historical and cultural context...
Art Historical Context
In the mid-16th century, the Renaissance fervor for rediscovering classical antiquity, Flemish artists Lambert Suavius and Gerard de J created this delicate etching, *Horizontal Landscape with the remains the Nymphaeum, mistakenly identified as the Temple Minerva Medica in Rome*. 1554, it the overgrown ruins of a Roman nymphaeum—a once-grand fountain house—framed by lush plants and a sweeping horizontal landscape. Part of the series *Ruinarum variarumarum delineationes pictor caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles* ("Delineations of Various Ruins Useful to Painters and Other Artists"),...