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Moving the Vatican Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

1586
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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)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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