- Archive
- The British Library, London
- Overall dimensions
- 78.6 x 102.4 cm (sheet size: 39.3 x 51.2 cm)
- Author
- Étienne Dupérac
- Medium
- Etching and engraving
- Publisher
- Antoine Lafréry
- Language of document
- Latin
- Places
- Altemps Palace at Monte Cavallo; Borgo di Sant'Agata; Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio); Church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini; Church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami; Church of San Lorenzo ai Monti; Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina; Church of San Luca; Church of San Luigi dei Francesci; Church of San Nicola dei Lorenesi; Church of San Nicola in Carcere; Church of San Pietro in Carcere; Church of Sant'Agata dei Goti; Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria; Church of Sant'Atanasio dei Greci; Church of Santa Maria del Popolo; Church of Santa Maria dell'Orto; Church of Santa Maria di Loreto; Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli; Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; Church of Santa Maria Rotonda (Pantheon); Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva; Church of Santa Martina; Church of Santi Luca e Martina; Farnese Palace; Hospital of Santo Spirito; Oratory of Sant'Orsola della Pietà; Piazza Colonna; Piazza della Minerva; Piazza di Sforza Capo le Case; Piazza Navona; Porta Maggiore (new Place); Roman Forum (Campo Vaccino); Roman Seminary; Rome; Sant'Eustachio (Rione); Savelli Palace; Trinita dei Monti; Vatican (Apostolic) Palace; Via Frattina
- Summary
- Nova urbis Romae descriptio by Étienne Dupérac was published in 1577, the same year that Pope Gregory XIII wrote a brief declaring the establishment of the Accademia di San Luca. It is substantially indebted to Leonardo Bufalini’s 1551 plan.