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Catafalque for Pope Clement X; central structure at the top of a fifteen step platform, with columns surmounted by candelabra at each of the four corners

Giovanni Battista Falda|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Giovanni Battista de' Rossi

1676

Catafalque for Pope Clement X; central structure at the top of a fifteen step platform, with columns surmounted by candelabra at each of the four corners by Giovanni Battista Falda|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Giovanni Battista de' Rossi

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 17 3/16 × 12 13/16 in. (43.6 × 32.5 cm)

Classification

Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Accession Number

59.600.270

Tags

MonumentsCandelabra

Art Historical Context

This etching captures the grandeur of the catafalque erected for Clement X's funeral in 1676, a temporary monumental structure symbolizing mourning and papal splendor. Designed as the central feature atop a towering fifteen-step platform, it features elegantly draped columns at each of its four corners, crowned with ornate candelabra that flicker with symbolic light in the imagination. Created by master engraver Giovanni Battista Fal, with publication by the Rossi brothers—Giovanni Giacomo and Giovanni Battista de'—this print preserves an ephemeral Baroque spectacle in the heart of Rome. Fald...

About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Falda|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Giovanni Battista de' Rossi · 1640–1678

Italian architectural engraver. Comment on works: Draughtsman; Engraver

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