Vignola Ionic Order architectural elevation antique print. Engraving c1764

by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Ionic Portico. Columns and Entablature architectural detail..

Finely detailed original copperplate engraving published in Italy circa 1764 for Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture  according to M. Iacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573). First published in Italy in 1562, Vignola's Rules set down his practical system for constructing columns in the style of five classical orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan and Composite). Vignola based his work on that of 1st century BC engineer and architect, Vetruvius, and utilized proportions that Vignola derived from his own measurements of Roman monuments. Barozzi's influential work was published in a number of languages for over 300 years.

Later hand-colour highlights the detail of this half-framed engraving - mounted between antique-white ragmat conservation boards, and covered with cellophane for protection until framed. External measurement for frame window is 320 x 273mm (12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches) Page size, 16 x 13cm (6.5 x 5 inches).