A view of the piazza and basilica of Saint Peter's, Rome

People:

Unknown, Italy, late 18th century (etcher)
Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Donato Bramante (architect)

Title:

A view of the piazza and basilica of Saint Peter's, Rome

Date:

printed between 1774 and 1790

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

veduta

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 70.8 x 49.1 cm sheet: 80.6 x 55.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0667

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

bird's-eye view
exterior view

Inscription:

imprinted - on DR1985:0666 and DR1985:0667, b.: "All'Altezza Reale Eminentissima di Errigo Benedetto Maria Vescovo di Frascati Cardinal Duca d'Yorck Vice-Cancelliere della S. Rom.na Chiesa, Sotto Decano del Sagro Collegio / ed Arciprete della Sagrosanta Basilica Vaticana &c.&c. / Il Prospetto principale del Tempio e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano, e Palazzo Pontificio, Presenta, e Dedica / L'Umilissimo Devotissimo Obbligatissimo Servo Giuseppe Vasi Conte Palatino e Cavaliere dell'Aula Lateranense, dal medesimo disegnato ed inciso l'anno 1774; and b.: with a list of the other buildings preceded by arabic numerals 1 to 13

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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