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Design for a Marble Throne for the Statue of St. Peter, St. Peter's, Rome
Luigi Vanvitelli1754
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Marble throne for the Statue of St. Peter at St. Peter's in Rome; full-face and profile view shown.
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- Title: Design for a Marble Throne for the Statue of St. Peter, St. Peter's, Rome
- Creator: Luigi Vanvitelli
- Creator Lifespan: 1700
- Date Created: 1754
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper.
- Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli; Mary Brandegee (Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee) [Lugt S. 1860c]
- Paper Support: Cream laid paper
- Markings: Fleur-de-lis in a circle surmounted by a V (cf. Heawood 1573)
- Inscribed: On base of profile view in pen and brown ink : Bardiglio numbered in pen and black ink at upper right : 127Across lower margin: indication of scale
- Exhibitions: New York, NY - The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Artists in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: Drawings and Prints" February 28 - May 7, 1978.New York, NY - Finch College Museum of Art. "The Two Sicilies, Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum" February 4 - March 20, 1970. Cat. no. 52 [illus.]
- Dimensions: 34.3 x 24 cm (13 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Bibliography: Cooper Union Museum (CUM), "Summary Catalogue of Drawings by Identified Italian Architects" New York: 1964. p.18."The Two Sicilies, Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum" exhibition brochure, February 4 - March 20, 1970. New York: Finch College Museum of Art. Cat. no. 52 [illus.]
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