Isolated View of Bernini's Baldacchino. Plate 39 from the Album 'Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian

1653–91

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Isolated view of the Baldacchino designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. The structure is shown in perspective from the nave of the basilica. The scale of the image on the print has been indicated on the left side of the print.

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Title: Isolated View of Bernini's Baldacchino. Plate 39 from the Album 'Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'
Artist: After Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome)
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
Published in: Rome?
Date: 1653–91
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 26 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (67.3 x 36.6 cm)
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (74.2 x 36.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.82.2(39)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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