Easter Celebration in Piazza Navona, Rome, 1589

1603

Not on view

Before daybreak on Easter Sunday, the Spanish confraternity of the Resurrection carried the Holy Sacrament under a canopy (marked B on the print) in solemn procession from their church of Saint James at the lower right (A) around Piazza Navona to an altar erected in front of the eighth-century church of Saint Agnes at the center of the other side of the square (I). The roofs and balconies of every building were outlined with lights, as were the temporary Gothic arches over the fountains and the rails demarcating the processional path. Suspended on ropes overhead and giving off puffs of smoke were the fireworks devices--sphere, globe, girandola, ships, and the devil with horns, wing, and tail.

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Title: Easter Celebration in Piazza Navona, Rome, 1589
Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
Publisher: Tommaso Moneta (Italian, active Rome, 1588–1603)
Date: 1603
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 11/16 × 14 15/16 in. (52.5 × 38 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.4117
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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