Siena: the cathedral and the baptistery of San Giovanni. Engraving by C. Santi, 1778.

  • Santi, Ciro, active 1775-1787.
Date:
[1778]
Reference:
2935706i
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Description

Centre, the façade of the cathedral (marked A in the key). Left side, top, sections of the cathedral and the baptistery (B and C) together; left middle, plan of the cathedral (D); left bottom, plan of the baptistery (E). Right side, top, side elevation of the cathedral (F); right below, elevation of the façade of the baptistery (G). The detail views are represented as embroidered on trompe l'oeil tapestries around and above the main view of the cathedral façade. The tapestries also include at the top banderolles showing (left) the arms of (presumably) Maria Luisa of Spain, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and (right) the dedication of the engraving to her. In the foreground are many visitors to the cathedral, including finely dressed ladies and gentlemen, people begging for alms, clerics, and (left) men pulling a ceremonial canopy and column

Publication/Creation

[Siena] : Franciscus Rossi typographus senensis, [1778]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching : platemark ca. 57.8 x 70 cm

Lettering

A. Facciata del duomo di Siena. Costrutta d'alabastri e marmi finissimi di differenti colori ed arrichita da per tutto di rilievi, edificata nel 1284. Disegno di Niccola Pisano. ... B. Spaccato ... C. Spaccato di S. Giovanni. ... D. Pianta del duomo ... E. Pianta di S. Giovanni. F. Fianco o sia parte esterna del duomo ... G. Facciata di S. Giovanni ... Cyrus Sanctius Bononien. deli. et scul. 1778 Bears dedication in a banderolle, upper right: Mariae Aloysiae Borbonicae Hispani regis filiae, Hetrusci principis conjugi ... insigne hoc pietatis monumentum Franciscus Rossi typographus senensis humillime d. d. d.

References note

J.G.A. Frenzel, Sammlung der Kupferstiche und Handzeichnungen Sr. Excellenz des Herrn Grafen Franz v. Sternberg-Manderscheid, I. Band enthaltend die Kupfer der italienischen Malerschule und mehre der ältern als spätern Sculptur und Architektur, Dresden 1836, p. 77, no. 912

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2935706i

Creator/production credits

Dedicated to Maria Luisa of Spain, Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the spouse of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

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