A view of the portico of Saint Peter's, Rome

People:

Alessandro Specchi (engraver (printmaker))
Carlo Maderno (architect)

Title:

A view of the portico of Saint Peter's, Rome

Date:

1705

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

veduta

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark: 68.5 x 46.0 cm sheet: 75.7 x 54.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0262

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - PROSPETTO DELLA BASILICAVATICANA/ARCHITETTVRA DI CARLO MADERNO/ Dato in luce da Domenico de Rossi in Roma a S. M.a della Pace con Priv del S.P. l'An. 1705/DEDICATO/Al Rev.mo Padre Sig.r Padron Col.me Il Padre Fra Giovanni Guerrero Procuratore Gene/rale, e Maestro della Religione di S. Bernardo di Spagna (and a lengthy text following, imprinted, lower centre), Alessandro Specchi Architetto misur,/disegn, e intagli (imprinted, lower right), queste sono No. [hatched over] 20e Costano Bai[?]chi 20 L'Una (pen and brown ink, lower edge, old hand)

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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