Portico Octavia, pediment and entablature, elevation; pediment, elevation (recto) Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, entablature, elevation (verso)
early to mid-16th century
Medium
Dark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines
Dimensions
sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (43.5 x 29.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Mark J. Millard Gift, 1968
Accession Number
68.769.50
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite double-sided drawing from early to mid-16th France captures the grandeur of ancient Roman architecture through precise elevations. On the recto, an anonymous artist meticulously renders the pediment and entature of the Porticoavia—a sprawling portico in Rome built in the 2nd century BCE and later rebuilt under Augustus—alongside a detailed pediment study. The verso features the entablature of Temple of Antoninus andina, erected in 141 CE in the Roman Forum and today serving as the Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda Created with dark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines on a s...