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Half-Section of the Model of the Attic and Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica as Conceived by Michelangelo (recto); Detail Studies Relating to the Plan, Section, and Elevation of the Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica (verso).
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Half-Section of the Model of the Attic and Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica as Conceived by Michelangelo (recto); Detail Studies Relating to the Plan, Section, and Elevation of the Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica (verso).

1551, 1558–69

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint or black chalk.

Dimensions

sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 5/16 in. (29.8 x 44 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Janos Scholz and Anne Bigelow Scholz, in memory of Flying Officer Walter Bigelow Rosen, RCAF, 1949

Classification

Drawings

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Rights

Public Domain

About Etienne DuPérac

1520–1604France

Comment on works: architect; painter

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