# Façade of Santa Maria in Campitelli [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAINALDI, Carlo]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Drawing ## Commentary Façade of Santa Maria in Campitelli 1658 Drawing Archivio di S. Maria in Campitelli, Rome The drawing is an early project for the façade of the Roman church of Santa Maria in Campitelli. This design had little in common with the present building: a dominant dome was to rise above a concave façade framed by powerful projecting piers. Since this scheme was much too ambitious, Rainaldi next designed a two-storeyed façade behind which the dome, considerably reduced in size, was to disappear. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Santa Maria in Campitelli: Façade]() - [Santa Maria in Campitelli: Interior]() - [Santa Maria Maggiore: Exterior view of the apse area]() - [Santa Maria Maggiore: Exterior view of the apse area]() - [Sant'Andrea della Valle: Façade]() - [Tomb of Clement IX]() - [Twin churches]() - [Twin churches]() - [Twin churches]() - [Twin churches]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()