Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated
date: label: Date
content: 1776–84
name: label: Attributed to
content: Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Dramatic view of interior of Saint Peter's in Rome on Holy Thursday. View is from the right transept looking into the nave in which a large cross is suspended from the dome, composed of several hundred candles. Beneath the cross in the nave stand numerous figures; others stand and kneel in the transept. The illumination from the cross casts areas of light as well as dark shadows on the vaulted ceilings and walls.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2009-4-3
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
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 brown wash, white gouache on cream laid paper, mounted on greyish-green paper
label: Dimensions
content: 46.5 × 34.1 cm (18 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mount: 52.2 × 37.6 cm (20 9/16 × 14 13/16 in.)