The Raising of the Vatican Obelisk
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Natale Bonifacio|Giovanni Guerra|Domenico Fontana|Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti)
Artist bio: Italian, 1537–1592|Italian, Modena 1544–1618 Rome|Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome|Italian, Grottamare near Pescara 1520–1590 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Draftsman|Architect|Patron
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1586
Medium: Etching, printed from three plates
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959