The Circus of Flaminius (or Circus Flaminius), Rome: reconstruction of its unruined state. Line engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1552, after P. Ligorio.

  • Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583.
Date:
[1552]
Reference:
2977750i
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Description

The print shows the reconstructed circus with several different types of horse-racing in progress around the course, some with chariots, some without. In the centre of the race-track ("hippodromus") are altars to Apollo and Neptune, a tall obelisk dedicated to the sun and a small obelisk dedicated to the moon, and the statue of Isis seated on a lion that is mentioned in the lettering. Around the arena is the watercourse called Euripus in the lettering. On the right are the "carceres" (starting traps)

Publication/Creation

[Rome and Venice] : Nunc primum aeneis Michaelis Tramezini tabellis informatum in luce prodit, [1552]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark ca. 38 x ca. 54 cm

Lettering

Circi Flaminii specimen suo cum Euripo arisque et Isidis leone insidentis simulachro Pyrrhi Ligori pictoris Neapolitani omnium generum antiquitatis sollertissimi accuratissimique assertoris opera et studio ex vetustis monimentis eductum fidelissime nunc primum aeneis Michaelis Tramezini tabellis informatum in luce prodit. NB Lotaringus

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Vienna 1813, vol. XV, p. 271, no. 104

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2977750i

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