[Templum Saturni - State before name], from a Series of Prints depicting (reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity
Plate ca. 1530–1550
![[Templum Saturni - State before name], from a Series of Prints depicting (reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity by Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Fmet%2Fdp%2Fthumb%2Ftemplum-saturni-state-before-name-from-a-series-744210.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Engraving [state before title]
Dimensions
Plate: 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.4 cm) plate edges are not straight. The height of the plate varies from 17.4 to 17.5cm, the width varies from 17.3 to 17.4cm.
Classification
Albums|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.50.1(122a)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop · 1535–1535
**Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop**, an enigmatic Italian engraver active in Rome during the 1530s and 1540s, remains one of the shadowy figures of the Renaissance print world. Identified solely by his monogram "G.A." accompanied by a distinctive caltrop symbol—a spiked iron ball used in warfare—little is known of his personal life or training. His early years are not well documented, and no te...