Elevation of a Wall Decoration for a Canonization Ceremony, St. Peter's, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1745
name: label: Artist
content: Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical format architectural design for the interior of St. Peter's Basilica, curved dome at top. Gallery of doors at lower level surrounded by double-height Corinthian pilasters. Above at center, a large escutcheon surrounded by drapery. On the escutcheon, a figural scene.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-106-2
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.5 × 25.6 cm (10 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)