Disegno, nel quale si rappresenta l'ordine tenuto in alzare la Guglia ... / Domenico Fo[n]tana da mili diocesi di Como archit. e condvttore ; Natal Bonafacio de Sebenico ... ; Io. Gverra Mut. lineavit et imprimit curavit.

In Roma : Apud Bartholomeum Grassium, 1586.

1 print : engraving ; 52 x 118 cm

BAC: British Art Center copy is one of four prints by Bonifacio added as extra illustration to Domenico Fontana's Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di nostro signore papa Sisto V, 1604 (DT62.O2 F6 1604+). Bound between leaves 18 and 19.

Consists of 3 separate sheets joined together.

Depicts the raising of the Obelisco Vaticano in Saint Peter's Square in Rome, together with a portrait of Fontana and a depiction of the Vatican Palace. Includes a full drawing of all the details of the capstans, windlasses and winches with their horses and laborers.

Italian

June 12, 2014

Engravings - 1586.