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15.3–15.4 The pages showing the obverse and the reverses of the coins of Augus-
tus in Enea Vico, Omnium Caesarum verissimae imagines ex antiquis
numismatis desumptae, s.l. (Venice) 1554; SuStB, sig. 4 Num 270; images
BSB-MDZ    807
15.5–15.7 Pages from Strada’s Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, Lyon 1553: image
of a coin of the Triumvirs and the description of its reverse (p. 11),
descriptions of the Mausoleum of Hadrian (p. 72) and the Baths of
Caracalla (p. 105); HUB, sig. B 961 A RES; images HHB-D (CC BY-SA
3.0)    808
15.8 The Baths of Caracalla in their present state of ruined grandeur; image
Wikimedia/Chris 73 
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15.9 Image of Vespasian, STRADA 1553, p. 48; image HHB-D (CC BY-SA
3.0)    809
15.10–15.11 An exemplar of the coin type on which Strada perhaps based his de-
scription of a reverse (RIC-II-361); images MANTIS, acc. nr 1954.211.1c
(CC BY-NC 4.0) 
  809
15.12 Obverse of a coin of Trajan, woodcut from STRADA 1553, p. 63; image
HHB-D (CC BY-SA 3.0)    810
15.13–15.14 An exemplar of the bronze contorniate of Trajan which Strada appears
to have used to illustrate his description of the Circus Maximus and
the games organized in it, and the coin type on which he based his
description of a reverse; images MANTIS, acc. nr 1944.100.81154 (CC
BY-NC 4.0)    810
15.15–15.17 The three indices appended to Strada’s Epitome thesauri antiquitatum,
1553, f. B3r.: a list of coin-inscriptions not published earlier; f. C3v.: a
chronological register of the individuals included, and E3v.: an alpha-
betical index.; images HHB-D (CC BY-SA 3.0)    812
15.18 Family tree of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, inserted into Strada’s
Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, 1553, p. 37; image HHB-D (CC BY-SA
3.0)    814
15.19 Reverse of a bronze coin of Caracalla showing the Circus Maximus
(RIC IV/I 500b); image from OCRE / Münzkabinett / SMBPK, obj. nr
18200449 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)    817
15.20 Strada’s design of a similar coin-type attributed to Trajan, showing the
Circus Maximus, in his Vienna Series; ÖNB-HS, ms. 9414, f. 96; image
author    817
15.21 Reverse of bronze coin of Trajan (RIC II 569), showing a bridge; image
MANTIS, acc. nr 1954.203.179 (CC BY-NC 4.0)    817
15.22 Strada’s drawing of the reverse of a coin of this or a similar type show-
ing a bridge (?), in his Vienna Series; ÖNB-HS, ms. 9414, f. 88; image
author    817
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
The Antique as Innovation, Volume 2
- Title
- Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
- Subtitle
- The Antique as Innovation
- Volume
- 2
- Author
- Dirk Jacob Jansen
- Publisher
- Brill
- Location
- Leiden
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-90-04-35949-9
- Size
- 15.8 x 24.1 cm
- Pages
- 542
- Categories
- Biographien
- Kunst und Kultur
Table of contents
- 11 The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle 547
- 11.1 Strada’s House 547
- 11.2 High-ranking Visitors: Strada’s Guest Book and Ottavio’s Stammbuch 548
- 11.3 ‘Urbanissime Strada’: Accessibility of and Hospitality in the Musaeum 554
- 11.4 Intellectual Associates 556
- 11.5 Strada’s Confessional Position 566
- 11.6 Contacts with Members of the Dynasty 570
- 12 The Musaeum: its Contents 576
- 12.1 Introduction 576
- 12.2 Strada’s own Descriptions of his Musaeum 577
- 12.3 Strada’s Acquisitions for Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria 580
- 12.4 Strada’s own Cabinet of Antiquities 592
- 12.5 Acquisitions of Other Materials in Venice 599
- 12.6 Commissions in Mantua 610
- 12.7 ‘Gemalte Lustigen Tiecher’: Contemporary Painting in Strada’s Musaeum 615
- 12.8 Conclusion 628
- 13 Books, Prints and Drawings: The Musaeum as a centre of visualdocumentation 629
- 13.1 Introduction 629
- 13.2 Strada’s Acquisition of Drawings 630
- 13.3 ‘Owls to Athens’: Some Documents Relating to Strada’s GraphicCollection 634
- 13.4 The Contents of Strada’s Collection of Prints and Drawings 641
- 13.5 Later Fate of Strada’s Prints and Drawings 647
- 13.6 Drawings Preserved in a Context Linking Them withStrada 649
- 13.7 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Antiquity 673
- 13.8 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Contemporary Architecture and Decoration 692
- 13.9 Images as a Source of Knowledge 711
- 13.10 Conclusion 717
- 14 ‘Ex Musaeo et Impensis Jacobi Stradae, S.C.M. Antiquarius, CivisRomani’: Strada’s Frustrated Ambitions as a Publisher 719
- 14.1 Is There Life beyond the Court? 719
- 14.2 Strada’s Family 719
- 14.3 Ottavio Strada’s Role 725
- 14.4 The Publishing Project: Strada Ambitions as a Publisher 728
- 14.5 The Musaeum as an Editorial Office? 739
- 14.6 Financing the Programme 752
- 14.7 The Index Sive Catalogus 760
- 14.8 Strada’s Approach of Christophe Plantin 775
- 14.9 The Rupture with Ottavio 781
- 14.10 Strada’s Testamentary Disposition 783
- 14.11 Conclusion: The Aftermath 786
- 15 Le Cose dell’antichità : Strada as a Student of Antiquity 799
- 16 Strada & Co.: By Appointment to His Majesty the Emperor 830
- 16.1 Strada as an Imperial Antiquary and Architect 830
- 16.2 Strada’s Role as an Agent 836
- 16.3 Strada as an Independent Agent 840
- 16.4 ‘Ex Musaeo Iacobi de Strada’: Study, Studio, Workshop, Office, Showroom 843
- 16.5 Strada’s Influence: An Agent of Change 849
- 16.6 Conclusion: Strada’s Personality 863
- 16.7 Epilogue: Back to the Portrait 868
- Appendices 877
- Chronological List of Sources 915
- Bibliography 932
- List of Illustrations 986
- Index 1038