ID: 700000405 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000405	Record Type: Movable Work

[Prospetto interiore del Tempio Vaticano veduto nelle sere di Giovedi, e del Venerdi Santi al chiarore della gran croce di metallo illuminata sospesa nella nave principale dinnanzi all'altar maggiore quando la Santità Sua si porta alla venerazione del Volto Santo] (etching (print); Piranesi, Francesco (etcher, 1756-1810); Published: ca. 1783; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 719781; (OCoLC)ocn123472190; accession number: 2007.PR.14**)

Note: The crossing of St. Peter's with Bernini's baldachin is seen from the north transept. At right appears the Holy Cross illuminated for the Holy Week ceremonies.

Titles:

[Prospetto interiore del Tempio Vaticano veduto nelle sere di Giovedi, e del Venerdi Santi al chiarore della gran croce di metallo illuminata sospesa nella nave principale dinnanzi all'altar maggiore quando la Santità Sua si porta alla venerazione del Volto Santo] (preferred,C,U,IN,Italian-P,U,U)

Prospetto interiore del Tempio Vaticano (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's (C,U,D,DE,English,U,U)

Illumination de la croix de Saint-Pierre (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1783

Creator Display:

Piranesi, Francesco (etcher, 1756-1810) [preferred,GRISC]

Piranesi, Francesco (Italian printmaker, architect, ca. 1756 -1810) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500018927]

Desprez, Louis Jean (French painter, architect, and printmaker, 1743-1804) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500013852]

publishers unknown Italian (Italian cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500125250]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 719781; (OCoLC)ocn123472190; accession number: 2007.PR.14**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, watercolor

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	watercolor (paint) [300015045]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

Dimensions: image 69.5 x 47.5 cm, on sheet 71 x 49 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano [700000166]
	.....(Saint Peter's Basilica [700000166], Vatican Complex [700008429], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	rites [300312160]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events) (AAT)

	Holy Week [300379024]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, holidays, religious holidays, Christian holidays) (AAT)

	interior lighting [300052027]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), systems (equipment), <systems by function>, lighting, <lighting by location or context>) (AAT)

	architectural lighting [300052015]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), systems (equipment), <systems by function>, lighting, <lighting by function>) (AAT)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

	ceremonies [300054754]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events) (AAT)

	Rome [7003138]
	.....() (TGN)

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Inscriptions in state ii: "Prospetto interiore del Tempio Vaticano ... Dêspres del. Ca. Frañco Piranesi inc. 1787

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[Prospetto interiore del Tempio Vaticano veduto nelle sere di Giovedi, e del Venerdi Santi al chiarore della gran croce di metallo illuminata sospesa nella nave principale dinnanzi all'altar maggiore quando la Santità Sua si porta alla venerazione del Volto Santo]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 719781
Prospetto interiore del Tempio Vaticano	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Illumination de la croix de Saint-Pierre	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) name from Wollin

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

....................... Wollin 1 (I/II)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)