Plan of the site in the piazza (of St. Peter's) made to raise the Vatican Obelisk
| Reference: | S36152 |
| Author | Natale BONIFACIO |
| Year: | 1585 ca. |
| Measures: | 371 x 510 mm |
| Reference: | S36152 |
| Author | Natale BONIFACIO |
| Year: | 1585 ca. |
| Measures: | 371 x 510 mm |
Description
Etching, 1585 circa, lower right, in the image, Natalis Bonifacius Sibenicensis Fecit. lower right, in image Romae Apud Bartholoeu[m] Grassium. Cum Privilegio.
Good example, laid down on antique mounting, restored at the lower left corner, otherwise good.
Lost: lower left, in image Io. Guerra. Mut. Lineavit. et Imprimi. Curavit.
In the cartouche at lower right, in image: Domenico Fontana Inventore/Pianta del sito della Piazza fatta per alzare la Guglia, è della situatione/ di tutti gli Argani secondo, che puntulm[en]te si trovorno il med[esim]o giorno, sh'ella/ s'alzo, con la rappresentatione di tutte le poee, è canapi rispondenti a mede/simi Argani contrasegnati per numeri nel modo proprio, che servirno all/Impresa, con tutte quattro le faccie della medesima Guglia, nelle quali si mostra l'attaccatura delle traglie.
This etching of Domenico Fontana's plan for raising the Vatican obelisk in front of the basilica of St. Peter's is dated "anno primo" of the reign of Sixtus V (1585-90). An almost identical plan appears as plate 15 [La pianta, e compartimento di tutti gli argani con tutte le preparationi fatte per calar la guglia] of the book by Fontana, printed in 1590, of every stage of the moving of the obelisk, also published by Grassi, 'Della Trasportatione dell’Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V'.
Very rare.
Literature
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Cfr. Michel Bury: 'The Print in Italy 1550-1620' (London, 2001), p.102, cat.64; Bradley, Bruce. "Moving the Vatican Obelisk." 28 October 2002.
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Natale BONIFACIO (Sebenico 1537- ? 1592)
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Engraver, etcher, designer, printer, print publisher and cosmographer, from Sebenico. Active in Venice c. 1570-74,and then in Rome 1575-91.He was proposed for membership of Virtuosi del Pantheon 9 February 1578, where described as “intagliatore in rame”(Orbaan).1579 he was a member of the Confraternity of San Girolamo degli Illirici.The inscription on his tombstone notes his activity as engraver and cosmographer (“aeris caelator divinus ac optimus geographus”).
In Venice his work was published by Camocio, Ferrando Bertelli, Luca Bertelli and Donato Bertelli, Borgaruccio Borgarucci and Nelli.
In Rome his work was published by Lafrery, Claudio Duchetti, Lorenzo Vaccari, and Nicolas van Aelst. His prints included maps, antiquities, devotional and didactic subjects.Plates for Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano 1590.
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Literature
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Cfr. Michel Bury: 'The Print in Italy 1550-1620' (London, 2001), p.102, cat.64; Bradley, Bruce. "Moving the Vatican Obelisk." 28 October 2002.
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Natale BONIFACIO (Sebenico 1537- ? 1592)
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Engraver, etcher, designer, printer, print publisher and cosmographer, from Sebenico. Active in Venice c. 1570-74,and then in Rome 1575-91.He was proposed for membership of Virtuosi del Pantheon 9 February 1578, where described as “intagliatore in rame”(Orbaan).1579 he was a member of the Confraternity of San Girolamo degli Illirici.The inscription on his tombstone notes his activity as engraver and cosmographer (“aeris caelator divinus ac optimus geographus”).
In Venice his work was published by Camocio, Ferrando Bertelli, Luca Bertelli and Donato Bertelli, Borgaruccio Borgarucci and Nelli.
In Rome his work was published by Lafrery, Claudio Duchetti, Lorenzo Vaccari, and Nicolas van Aelst. His prints included maps, antiquities, devotional and didactic subjects.Plates for Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano 1590.
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