S. Andrea via Flaminia, elevation (recto) blank (verso)
early to mid-16th century
Medium
Dark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines
Dimensions
sheet: 17 7/16 x 11 3/4 in. (44.3 x 29.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Janos Scholz and Anne Bigelow Scholz, in memory of Flying Officer Walter Bigelow Rosen, RCAF, 1949
Accession Number
49.92.68
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Art Historical Context
This delicate architectural drawing captures the elevation of S. Andrea along Rome's ancient Via Flaminia, a church that stood as a notable landmark in the early 16th century. by an anonymous French artist the Renaissance heyday, it reflects the era's growing fascination among northern European designers with Italy's classical and ecclesiastical architecture. French travelers and scholars, inspired by Rome's ruins and innovative buildings, often sketched such facades to bring home ideas for their own projects, bridging Italian Renaissance ideals with French Gothic traditions. Executed in dark...