Vertical Landscape with the Ruins of the Temple of Venus and Roma, from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 7 1/4 × 5 11/16 in. (18.4 × 14.4 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(66)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the Renaissance fascination with antiquity through *Vertical Landscape with the Ruins of the of Venus and Roma* (1554), an exquisite etching by Flemish artist Lambertavius, with involvement from publisher Gerard de Jode. vertical composition captures the majestic yet decayed remnants of one of ancient Rome's grandest temples, dedicated to Venus and Roma, the divine protectors of the Eternal City. Part of the series *Ruinarum variarumarum delineationes pictor caeterisque id genusibus multum utiles*Delineations of Various Ruins Useful to Painters and Other Artists"), it measures a comp...
About the Artist
Lambert Suavius|Gerard de Jode · 1510–1576
Lambert Suavius (c.1510–c.1574/76), whose Flemish family name was Zutman, was born in Liège, in the southern Netherlands. He was the son of an episcopal goldsmith, Henri Zutman, and from his father's craft environment he inherited a training in the precise handling of metal and an appreciation for fine detail work. He became closely associated with his brother-in-law Lambert Lombard, the leading a...