Chatedram S. Petri interiori templi…
| Reference: | S36088 |
| Author | Jacques BLONDEAU |
| Year: | 1764 ca. |
| Measures: | 487 x 707 mm |
€400.00
| Reference: | S36088 |
| Author | Jacques BLONDEAU |
| Year: | 1764 ca. |
| Measures: | 487 x 707 mm |
€400.00
Description
Etching and engraving, 1692, at lower centre the imprinting “Romae ex Typographia Dominicide Rubeis Heredis Io. Iacobi de Rubeis ad Temp. S.M. de Pace cum Super. perm. Anno 1692”, signed at lower right “Iac. Blondeau Sculp”, at lower left “Io.Lourenz. Bernini Eques Inv.”.
In the lower margin, the caption CATHEDRAM S. PETRI in interiori templi fronte ingredientibus ab ipso limine, e regione aspectabilem,ALEXANDER VII. PONT. MAX. decentius collocavit, exornavitq./Sancti EcclesiaeDoctores Athanasius, Io. Chrysostomus, Ambrosius, Augustinus, colossea statua unica aeris fusura expressi, threcam sustinent, qua includitur. Angeli, nubes,radij de celo ambiunt. Spiritus Sanctus columbae specie/supereminens opuscoronat. Basis ex laspide, vario pretiosoq. distincta lapide. Caetera ex AEreauro superinducto. A.S. MDCLXVI”, with an account of the St. Peter’s Baldachin and its construction in 1666 and a scale of measurement.
Large view of Bernini's cathedra for St Peter's over the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Cathedra of St Peter, venerated since the 12th-13th century as the actual episcopal chair used by the Apostle, is a late ninth-century “sella apostolica.
Magnificient example, printed on contemporary laid paper, with “double encircled fleur-de-lys”, excellent condition.
Jacques BLONDEAU (1655 - 1698)
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Was a Flemish Baroque engraver who after training in Antwerp spent most of his career in Italy. He was a pupil of the Antwerp engraver Frederik Bouttats the Younger. He spent some time in Paris. In 1675 he traveled to Rome where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life.
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Jacques BLONDEAU (1655 - 1698)
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Was a Flemish Baroque engraver who after training in Antwerp spent most of his career in Italy. He was a pupil of the Antwerp engraver Frederik Bouttats the Younger. He spent some time in Paris. In 1675 he traveled to Rome where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life.
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