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Theater in Saint Peter's Basilica for the Canonization of Gaetano Thiene and Francis Borgia on April 12, 1671
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Theater in Saint Peter's Basilica for the Canonization of Gaetano Thiene and Francis Borgia on April 12, 1671

Giovanni Battista Falda | Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

1671

Medium

Etching; second state of two

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 14 1/8 × 19 5/8 in. (35.9 × 49.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Battista Falda

1640–1678

Italian architectural engraver. Comment on works: Draughtsman; Engraver

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