The Raising of the Vatican Obelisk

Various artists/makers

1586

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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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