[Templum Saturni - State before name], from a Series of Prints depicting (reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity
Plate ca. 1530–1550
![[Templum Saturni - State before name], from a Series of Prints depicting (reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity by Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/templum-saturni-state-before-name-from-a-series-744210.webp)
Medium
Engraving [state before title]
Dimensions
Plate: 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.4 cm) plate edges are not straight. The height of the plate varies from 17.4 to 17.5cm, the width varies from 17.3 to 17.4cm.
Classification
Albums|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.50.1(122a)
Tags
About the Artist
Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop · 1535–1535
**Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop**, an enigmatic Italian engraver active in Rome during the 1530s and 1540s, remains one of the shadowy figures of the Renaissance print world. Identified solely by his monogram "G.A." accompanied by a distinctive caltrop symbol—a spiked iron ball used in warfare—little is known of his personal life or training. His early years are not well documented, and no te...