Plan of Michelangelo's project for Basilica di San Pietro, Rome

People:

Antoine Lafréry (publisher)
Etienne Du Pérac (etcher)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (architect)

Title:

Plan of Michelangelo's project for Basilica di San Pietro, Rome

Date:

printed before 1573

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 47.9 x 41.3 cm (18 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0324

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet was made from one larger and one smaller sheet joined together and has an old vertical fold through c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the engraver ? in the plate above the image, u.l. to u.r.: "ICHNOGRAPHIA TEMPLI DIVI PETRI ROMAE IN VATICANO EX ESEMPLARI MICHAELIS ANGELI / BONAROTI FLORENTINI A STEPHANO DVPERAC PARISIENSI IN HANC FORMAM CVM SVIS / MODVLIS ACCVRATE PROPORTIONATE QVE DELINEATA ET IN LVCEM AEDITA / ANNO DOMINI M DLXIX" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r. and l.r.: "81" [both erased] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "81"

Subject:

architecture

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

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