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Lot 269: GREUTER, Matthäus - St Peter's basilica.

Est: €150 EUR - €200 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumDecember 10, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Etching, 70 x 64 cm, 2 sheets of thick laid paper glued together, signed in the plate at lower right corner "Mattheus Greuter sculpsit" (large horizontal and vertical folding creases, paper sl. toned, some brown foxing throughout, brown damp stain at lower left edge and corner, sl. soiled, some sm. tears in margins). - Large elevation of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, printed during the building process itself. In 1606 Pope Paul V commissioned Carlo Maderno to complete the nave and facade of the seat of Christianity. The building facade was completed in 1616 and the present etching is most likely based on Maderno's architectural drawings, as Giovanni Battista de' Rossi was granted the Papal privilege (text in lower left margin) to publish it. The print quickly became part of the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", a printing project which was continued well into the seventeenth century by the de' Rossi family.

Artist or Maker

Date

1613

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

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Auction Details

D1 - Dessins et estampes

by
Arenberg Auctions
December 10, 2020, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
€0€49€5
€50€199€10
€200€399€20
€400€999€50
€1,000€1,999€100
€2,000€3,999€200
€4,000€9,999€500
€10,000€19,999€1,000
€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

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Shipping Terms

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