Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Bonifacio, Natale, 1538-1592
Title:: Disegno del modo di condurre l'obelisco detto uolgarm[en]te la Guglia dal luogo remoto dietro la Chiesa di S. Pietro / Domenico Fontana da mili diocesi di Como inventore et condvttore ; Natalis Bonafatius Sebenicinsis in aere incidebat ; Io. Gverra M. Lin. ; NB. F..
Published / Created:: Romae : Apud Bartholomeum Grassium, MDLXXXVI [1586]
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving ; 52 x 119 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:: View the catalog record for Domenico Fontana's Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano (1604) http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11996685
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Diagram illustrating how an obelisk (the Obelisco Vaticano) was moved and erected in Saint Peter's Square in Rome, with the use of elaborate scaffolds and horse-drawn pulleys.
Subject Terms:: Obelisco vaticano (Vatican City) -- Pictorial works. | Obelisks -- Italy -- Rome -- Pictorial works. | Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:: Engravings -- 1586.
Contributors:: Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607. | Guerra, Giovanni, 1544-1618, ill. | Grassi, Bartolomeo, active 1582-1600, printer.