# Interior of a Church [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRAMANTE, Donato]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Engraving, 708 x 512 mm ## Commentary The engraving depicts the interior of a ruined church or temple with figures, the central one kneeling before a tall candelabrum. The subject, although unclear, seems to represent a pagan temple given over to Christian worship. This print is documented in a contract dated 24 October 1481 in which Bernardus de Prevedari \(Bernardo Prevedari\) was commissioned by Matheus de Fidelibus to engrave a design on paper by Bramante which was to be completed in two months. Bramante's name appears beneath the cadelabrum, though Prevedari's does not. This is the largest engraving from a single plate to have been made in the fifteenth century. ## Related artworks - [Argus \(detail\)]() - [Argus]() - [Christ at the Column]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [General view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()