Desgodetz Architectural drawing, Du Temple d'Antonin et de Faustine a Rome

by Desgodetz, Antoine

Desgodetz Temple of Antonin and Faustine in Rome. Corinthian Columns of front and side, with frescoes above on the side.

Reproduction from a copperplate engraving by Louis de Chastillon, one of the King's engravers, from the drawings by Antoine Desgodetz (1653-1728) for Les Edifices Antiques de Rome designe et mesures tres exactement (Antique Structures of Rome drawn and measured very exactly), an officially commissioned collection of drawings showing the structural details on some of the famous buildings in Rome, for the information and use of French artists and architects who had not had the benefit of travel. Originally published in Paris circa 1682.

Print size is 34 x 23cm (13 3/8 x 9 inches).