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- Museum number
- Y,2.55
- Description
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Elevation and plan of the Cappella Sistina in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome; at centre, in a niche, the statue of Pope Pius V by Leonardo Sarzana; sculpted reliefs with various subjects including a battle of Lepanto, top left; lettered with key A-Q; a plate from the second edition of Domenico Fontana's 'Della trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V', (1st edition Rome 1590; 2nd edition, Naples 1604)
Engraving and etching
- Production date
- 1590
- Dimensions
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Height: 380 millimetres
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Width: 238 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Della trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Acquisition notes
- See comment on Y,2.40
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Y,2.55
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 1982,U.16