Design of the catafalque for Francesco Piccolomini; from 'Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura'

Giovanni Florimi|Sebastiano Folli|Francesco Piccolomini

1608 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Design of the catafalque for Francesco Piccolomini; from 'Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura' — Giovanni Florimi|Sebastiano Folli|Francesco Piccolomini

Disbound print from 'Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura'. The catafalque was designed by Sebastiano Folli, and is decorated with candles, scholar figures in niches, and female figures, with the Piccolomini arms above the arch. Francesco Piccolomini was a professor of philosophy at the University of Padua, and he died in 1607.

Artist: Giovanni Florimi|Sebastiano Folli|Francesco Piccolomini
Date: 1608
Medium: Engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1959