Moving the Vatican Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
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Title: Moving the Vatican Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Series/Portfolio: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Artist:
Natale Bonifacio (Italian, 1537–1592)
Draftsman:
After Giovanni Guerra (Italian, Modena 1544–1618 Rome)
Publisher:
Bartolomeo Grassi (Italian active Rome, ca. 1553–after 1595)
Architect:
Domenico Fontana (Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome)
Patron:
Moving of obelisk commissioned by Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti) (Italian, Grottamare near Pescara 1520–1590 Rome)
Date: 1586
Medium: Etching, printed from three plates
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/8 × 44 1/8 in. (48.5 × 112 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.72(3.47)
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