03 — ARTWORK
Moving the Augustan Obelisk at St. Peter's
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- Engraving
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- Other
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Moving the Augustan Obelisk at St. Peter's 1586 EngravingA print made from a metal plate that has had a design cut into it with a sharp point. Ink is smeared over the plate and then wiped off, the ink remaining in the etched lines being transferred when the plate is pressed very firmly onto a sheet of paper. Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican
The print shows the south flank of Old St. Peter's, the atriumthe colonnaded forecourt on the west side of an early Christian church, originally the open central forecourt of a Roman house. of the old basilicaa church building, usually facing east, with a tall main nave and two or four side aisles of lesser height. There may also be a transept between the nave and the choir, which is reserved for the clergy. Originally, the basilica was an ancient Greek administrative building, and the Romans used this form for markets and law courts; it then became a place of assembly for the early Christians, and thus a church. with Giotto's mosaic of the Navicella on the inside entrance wall, a view into the sacristya side room of a church where a priest puts on his vestments and where the sacred vessels and vestments are kept. of St. Peter's through the wall breached to make room for the pulleys and winches used for moving the obelisk, and the new St. Peter's under construction.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-r3857f4eeeaf468,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Moving the Augustan Obelisk at St. Peter's by BONIFACIO, Natale},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonifacio-natale-rf3ab7e8da949c4/moving-the-augustan-obelisk-at-st-peters-r3857f4eeeaf468},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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