Sebastiaan van Noyen, Thermæ Diocletiani: transverse sectional perspective of reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian in Rome

Thermæ Diocletiani: transverse sectional perspective of reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, 1558

Sebastiaan van Noyen (ca. 1493 - 1557)

RA Collection: Art

From the set of six monumental multi-sheet prints published by Hieronymus Cock in 1558, forming a series which has been recently described as 'the first illustrated monograph on a historical building ever to be published' (see Peter Fuhring's catalogue entry in Hieronymus Cock: the Renaissance in print, exh. cat., Brussels 2013 (pp. 118-123). The Royal Academy's copy is mounted on linen, being one of only three known to have survived in this form complete with Cock's letterpress description and five additional small 'cut-out' etched extensions to the prints.

Object details

Title
Thermæ Diocletiani: transverse sectional perspective of reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian in Rome
Artist/designer
Sebastiaan van Noyen (ca. 1493 - 1557)
Etched by
Joannes van Doetecum (fl. 1559 - ca. 1600)
Engraved by
Lucas van Doetecum (fl.. 1554 - ca. 1584)
Published by
Hieronymus Cock (ca. 1510 - 1570)
Date
1558
Object type
Print
Place of Publication
Antwerp
Medium
Etching
Dimensions

382 mm x 3000 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
12/1329
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