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Design of the catafalque for Francesco Piccolomini; from 'Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura'

Designer Sebastiano Folli Italian
Subject Catafalque for Francesco Piccolomini Italian
1607
Not on view
Disbound print from 'Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura'. The catafalque was designed by Sebastiano Folli, and is decorated with candles, scholar figures in niches, and female figures, with the Piccolomini arms above the arch. Francesco Piccolomini was a professor of philosophy at the University of Padua, and he died in 1607.

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Object Information
  • Title: Design of the catafalque for Francesco Piccolomini; from 'Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura'
  • Artist: Giovanni Florimi (Italian, active Siena and Rome, 1600–1635)
  • Designer: Sebastiano Folli (Italian, Siena 1569–1621 Siena)
  • Subject: Catafalque for Francesco Piccolomini (Italian, died 1607)
  • Date: 1607
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 16 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (41.1 × 27.8 cm)
    Plate: 14 5/8 × 9 13/16 in. (37.2 × 25 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints, Prints-Fete
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.58.5(5)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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