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Francesco Piranesi
Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's on Good Friday1787

Not on view
Interior architectural drawing in brown ink and wash, depicting a vast domed basilica with coffered arches, a towering baldachin with spiral columns, and small figures on the floor receding into a brightly lit apse

Francesco Piranesi, Louis-Jean Desprez, Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's on Good Friday, 1787, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Graphic Arts Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Etched by
Francesco Piranesi
Italy, Rome, circa 1758-1810
Hand colored by
Louis-Jean Desprez
France, 1743-1804
Title
Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's on Good Friday
Place Made
France
Date Made
1787
Medium
Etching, hand-colored with watercolor and touches of gold
Dimensions
Sheet: 31 3/4 × 23 3/8 in. (80.65 × 59.37 cm) Image: 30 5/8 × 22 1/8 in. (77.79 × 56.2 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Fund
Accession Number
M.88.30
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings