[Transportation of obelisk]
[Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673]
Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607
print
[Joan Blaeu]
Amsterdam]
[1663]
1 print : Etching and engraving, col. ; plate mark 385 x 243 mm. on sheet 563 x 330 mm.
paper
Netherlands
Numbered "27" in upper right corner.
Pr. [?] of: Theatrvm civitatvm et admirandorvm Italiæ, Amstelædami, Ioannis Blaev, 1663
L. 4559
Plate of the obelisk erected by Pope Sixtus V in 1568 at St. Peter's Square, explaining the method used by Domenico Fontana to transport the obelisk there from its location at the Circus of Nero. Parts in the image lettered A to K explained in the accompa
Good
Obelisks
Biblioteca Casanatense
Fondo Stampe e Disegni
K.I.15.CCC/34
K.I.14.CCC/1-K.I.14.CCC/45,K.I.15.CCC-K.I.15.CCC/42
Link to album description
K.I.15.CCC
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