Pianta del catafalco

Folger bibliographic ID: 255322
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Folger holdings ID: 336319

Two vertically-oriented prints on one horizontally-oriented sheet. Print on the left depicts the floorplan of the catafalque and monument for Pope Sixtus V, and the print on the right depicts its elevation

General notes

"Fatto in Sta. Maria Maggre. quando si fece la trasportane del corpo della f.m. di P.P. Sisto Quinto la pianta et l'eleuato"--penned note beneath title on Folger copy Probably a plate to B. Catani. La pompa funerale, 1591

Extended title: Pianta del catafalco eques Dominicus Fontana architets invent. ; Hieronimus Rainaldus Romanus, incisor

Tombs & sepulchral monuments Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590

printmaker: Rainaldi, Girolamo, 1570-1655
subject: Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590
artist: Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607