Areae et Palatii Pontificii Vaticani Topographia [A Papal Blessing in Saint Peter Square]

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Areae et Palatii Pontificii Vaticani Topographia [A Papal Blessing in Saint Peter Square]

Attributed to Étienne Dupérac, published by Bartolomeo Faleti

Date
1567
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 39.1 × 55.4 cm (15 3/8 × 21 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.46.1.12
Credit line
The Ahmanson Foundation
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • engraving
  • Roman
  • Classical
  • Antiquity
Provenance

Weingarten Monastery, Swabia, 1632 (title page inscription in the NGA "Speculum"). Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu, Belgium (bookplate: Ex libris Vallis Dei). English export license recording the sale of this volume in 1974 by E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd., London; Daniel Donahue, Santa Barbara, CA; (Liber Antiquus, Washington, D.C.); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Inscription

Lettered UL: "Michaeli Bonello Card. Alex" Lettered LR: "Typis Bart. faletij Rome 1567 Cum Privilegio"

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