Cosmo Medici Dvci Florentinor. Et Senens. Vrbis Romae Aedificiorvm Illustrivmqvae Svpersvnt Reliqviae
Giovanni Antonio Dosio and Giovanni Battista de Cavalieri produced this 1569 engraved series in Rome, dedicated to Cosmo I de' Medici, recording the surviving ancient buildings and ruins of the city. Its plates show Roman temples, triumphal arches and fragments drawn in measured perspective with Latin inscriptions, giving a designer usable models of classical columns, arcades, capitals and weathered masonry for historicist architectural compositions.
















































