LEGLISE ST. PIERRE DE ROME
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bird’s-eye view of Saint Peter’s Square with St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City in the far center with its domed roof and temple façade. Semi-circular colonnade framing the square (piazza) with an obelisk in the center. Figures, horse drawn carriages, and sedan chairs throughout. Buildings and landscape in the background. The plate is signed, titled, and with a description below.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-533-233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper