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Plan of a Vitruvian theatre

RIBA Ref No RIBA38281
Artist/PhotographerPalladio, Andrea (1508-1580)
Image Date1556
ViewPlan
StyleRoman
MediumPrint
Library ReferenceEW E.d.384
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectTheatres ; Orders of architecture ; Porticos ; Amphitheatres
SOURCE: Daniele Barbaro. I Dieci libri dell' architettura di M. Vitruvio / tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro (Venice, 1556), p. 154 NOTES: This 1556 edition of Daniele Barbaro's translation and commentary on Vitruvius's treatise entitled 'De Architectura' (Ten Books on Architecture) was prepared with the assistance of Andrea Palladio. The woodcut illustrations have been attributed to Andrea Palladio, Giuseppe Salviati and Giovanni Rusconi. This plate relates to a drawing by Palladio numbered X/4R in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection. Vitruvius's original treatise was written during the first century BC.
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