Thermæ Diocletiani: transverse sectional perspective of reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, 1558

Sebastiaan van Noyen (ca. 1493 - 1557)

RA Collection: Art

From the set of six monumental multi-sheet prints published by Hieronymus Cock in 1558, forming a series which has been recently described as 'the first illustrated monograph on a historical building ever to be published' (see Peter Fuhring's catalogue entry in Hieronymus Cock: the Renaissance in print, exh. cat., Brussels 2013 (pp. 118-123). The Royal Academy's copy is mounted on linen, being one of only three known to have survived in this form complete with Cock's letterpress description and five additional small 'cut-out' etched extensions to the prints.