Pedrignani, Girolamo. Obelisco Panfilio eretto dalla santita di N.S. Papa Innocentio X in Piazza Nauona sopra la nobilissima et marauigliosa fontana inuentione et opera del caualier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino scoperta li 12 giugnio anno 1651 patre orientale

Folger bibliographic ID: 255651
Folger call number: ART Box R763 no.12
Folger holdings ID: 337277
Accession Number: 209772

Two views from different angles of the obelisk and fountain in the Piazza Navona (here called the Pamphili Obelisk, also known as the Domitian Obelisk). Though they represent the same structure, they are placed side by side as though there were two separate obelisks. People on foot and in coaches are milling around them. On the far left and far right are representations of the two sides of the obelisk not shown in the complete representations, suspended in the air. A paragraph of latin text accompanies each face of the obelisk. Also suspended in the air in the center of the image is a small portrait of Pope Innocent X

General notes

For a very similar print see Folger ART Box R763 no.13 (same scene but lacking the portrait of Innocent X)

Item information about Folger ART Box R763 no.12

Collector's stamps of the Countess Pecci-Blunt on front and back of sheet

Extended title: Obelisco Panfilio eretto dalla santita di N.S. Papa Innocentio X in Piazza Nauona sopra la nobilissima et marauigliosa fontana inuentione et opera del caualier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino scoperta li 12 giugnio anno 1651 patre orientale Hieron. Pedrignanus Foroliu sculpit

Obelisks Fountains Innocent X, Pope, 1574-1655

printmaker: Pedrignani, Girolamo, active 1635
depiction: Innocent X, Pope, 1574-1655
associated name: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
publisher: Rossi, Giovanni Battista de, approximately 1601-1678
former owner: Pecci Blunt, Anna Laetitia, 1885-1971