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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
- 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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