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The Temple of Janus

(French, 1507 or 1515–about 1565)
(French (worked in Italy), 1512–1577)
1564
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 40.7 × 31.9 cm (16 × 12 9/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1495
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIANI QUADRIFRONTIS TEMPLUM SIC ROMAE EX MARMORE IN FORO BOARIO Translation: Thus, the temple of the four-sided Janus in marble in the cattle-market in Rome
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.
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