The Raising of the Vatican Obelisk
Artwork Details
- Title: The Raising of the Vatican Obelisk
- Artist: Natale Bonifacio (Italian, 1537–1592)
- Draftsman: Giovanni Guerra (Italian, Modena 1544–1618 Rome)
- Architect: Designed by Domenico Fontana (Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome)
- Patron: Commissioned raising of obelisk Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti) (Italian, Grottamare near Pescara 1520–1590 Rome)
- Date: 1586
- Medium: Etching, printed from three plates
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.508.102
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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