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Pianta del catafalco [graphic] / eques Dominicus Fontana architets invent. ; Hieronimus Rainaldus Romanus, incisor.

Rainaldi, Girolamo, 1570-1655, printmaker.; Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607, artist.
1591
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763 no.8

Title
Pianta del catafalco [graphic] / eques Dominicus Fontana architets invent. ; Hieronimus Rainaldus Romanus, incisor.
Created/published
Roma : [s.n.], 1591.
Description
2 prints (1 sheet) : etching ; platemarks 208 x 145 mm and 207 x 146 mm, on sheet 279 x 426 mm
Associated name
Rainaldi, Girolamo, 1570-1655, printmaker.
Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607, artist.
Material base
paper
Summary
Two vertically-oriented prints on one horizontally-oriented sheet. Print on the left depicts the floorplan of the catafalque and monument for Pope Sixtus V, and the print on the right depicts its elevation.
Note
"Fatto in Sta. Maria Maggre. quando si fece la trasportane del corpo della f.m. di P.P. Sisto Quinto la pianta et l'eleuato"--penned note beneath title on Folger copy.

Probably a plate to B. Catani. La pompa funerale, 1591.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763 no.8
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Rome.

Call number
ART Box R763 no.8 (size L)
Folger accession
209763

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