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ECL-Bn.13:45-2013

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Title

Five more obelisks of Rome

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

The five obelisks are treated in the same way as Bn. 13 No. 44. They are as follows, from left, the Barberini obelisk, the Medici obelisk, the Guglia Mautea, the Monticella obelisk of the Mattei and the Ludovisi obelisk.
In a scroll, held by a flying putto above the obelisks is the following inscription: DISEGNO DI CINQUE ALTRE GUGLIE CHE SI VEDONO IN ROMA CIOE TRE MINORI ALZATE E DUI PROSTRATE IN TERRA CON LE SUE GIUSTE MISURE DI CIASCUNA OSSERVATE E REGISTRATE NEL TERMO TOMO DELL'EDIPO DEL P. ATANASIO KIRCHER DELLA COMPAGNIA DEL GIESU. Pubblicate dall Stampe di Matteo Gregorio Rossi Romano in Piazza Navona all'insegna della Stampa 1689 con Privil. Apost. con lice.za de Sup.e.

Dimensions

height (actual size): 759mm
width (actual size): 497mm

Inscription



Materials & techniques note

copper engraving on paper

Production

Person

Date

1689

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• D'Onofrio (Gli Obelischi di Roma)
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