Cathedram S. Petri in interiore templi fronte...Plate 41 from the Album 'Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'

1666 (or after)

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Frontal view of the Cathedra Petri in the Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, as designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and installed in the basilica in 1666.

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Title: Cathedram S. Petri in interiore templi fronte...Plate 41 from the Album 'Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'
Artist: François Spierre (French, Nancy 1639–1681 Marseilles)
Artist: After Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome)
Published in: Rome?
Date: 1666 (or after)
Medium: Engraving (two plates)
Dimensions: Plate: 31 5/16 x 20 9/16 in. (79.5 x 52.3 cm)
Sheet: 33 1/16 x 21 7/8 in. (84 x 55.6 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.82.2(41)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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