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The Pantheon

(French, 1507 or 1515–about 1565)
(French (worked in Italy), 1512–1577)
1549
Medium/TechniqueEngraving with etching
DimensionsSheet: 39.2 × 46.8 cm (15 7/16 × 18 7/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1493
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsAt top: PANTHEUM ROMANUM NUNC MARIAE COGNOMENTO ROTUNDAE NOTUM AD ANTIQUAM SUAM EFFIGIEM ET FORMAM EXPRESSUM At top (translation): The Roman Pantheon, now a church to Mary, known for its rotunda and ancient shape and distinct form At lower right: Labrum ex porphyrite, et duos ex ophite Leones Aegyptiis notis illistres, ex prosximis ut opinor Agrippae ac Neronis thermis, in celebriorem et ampliorem locum, pii Pontifices Maximi, ne situ squalloreve iacerent, propter Pantheum erigi collocarique iusserunt.
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.