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Catafalco Eretto Nella Basilica Vaticana ...per Alessandro VIII

Architect Mattia de Rossi Italian
Publisher Domenico De Rossi Italian
1691
Not on view
Catafalque for the exequies for Pope Alexander VIII (1610–1691).

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Object Information
  • Title: Catafalco Eretto Nella Basilica Vaticana ...per Alessandro VIII
  • Artist: Alessandro Specchi (Italian, Rome 1668–1729 Rome)
  • Architect: Mattia de Rossi (Italian, Rome 1637–1695 Rome)
  • Publisher: Domenico De Rossi (Italian, 1647–1729)
  • Date: 1691
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 19 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (49.8 × 35.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Prints-Fete, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.517.13
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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