Holy Water Basin, St. Peter's Basilica

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Holy water basin, St. Peter's Basilica.

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Artist

Name:
Isabey, Jean-Baptiste
Dates:
1767-1855
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Buildings & Monuments
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
Isabey, Jean-Baptiste
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Cleveland Museum of Art

Book

Title:
Voyage en Italie
Author:
Isabey, Jean-Baptiste
Publisher:
Paris: n.d. [1823]

Description:

A family consisting of a man leaning on a stick and a kneeling woman with her arm around her child can be seen next to the imposing Baroque holy water basin designed by Agostino Cornacchini and completed in the 1720s, featuring two marble putti, here standing out in a ray of sunlight.

The caption reads in the original French: BĂ©nitier de la basilique de St.-Pierre.

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