A view of the basilica of St.Peter's, Rome, with Bernini's towers in construction, Italy

People:

Israël Silvestre (role unspecified)

Title:

A view of the basilica of St.Peter's, Rome, with Bernini's towers in construction, Italy

Date:

ca. 1540-1555

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

veduta

Technique and media:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 13,6 × 25,2 cm (5 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1987:0834

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Inscription:

inscribed - S. PIETRO. (lower centre),Ecclesia Sancti Petri in Vaticano,/vna ex ijs quae Romae visitantur (lower left), L'Eglise de Sainct Pierre au vatican,/l'une des stations de Rome (lower right), Israel excudit Avec privilege du Roy, pour les Eglises des stations de Rome. (lower centre), 1 (lower right), F.I,2 (10 PL.) I/IV (graphite, lower left, modern hand)

Location:

Rome; Italy;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

basilica

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

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