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Drawings St Peter's Chair, in the Vatican

Object number

LDSAL2020.28.49

Artist/Designer/Maker

Piali, S - Artist
Scardevelli, S A - Engraver

Production date

1885
1784
1885

Material

paper
ink
printer's ink

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 668mm
Width: 534mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

CATHEDRAM LIGNEAM EBORE ORNATUM PONTIFICIAM PETRI SEDEM A MAJORIBUS INTER ANTIQUAS ET VENERAB' RELIQUIAS ASSERVATAM
FRANCISCUS DE ALBITIIS CANONICUS ALTARISTA FABRICÆ OECONOMUS ET A SECRETIS DELINEANDAM CURAVIT

Inscription content

S. Piali del.

Inscription content

S. A. Scardevelli s. a. 1784 A. S.

Inscription content

PL. XLI. VOL. VI.

References

Reference (free text)

Vetusta Monumenta 6 (1885): pl. XL.Arthur Ashpitel, 'Notice of a Drawing in the Royal Library at Windsor Representing the Chair of St Peter at Rome'.

Reference (free text)

Vetusta Monumenta 6 (1885): pls. XLI and XLII. Alexander Nesbitt, 'Copies from Drawings Preserved in the Sacristy of St Peter's at Rome, Representing the Chair of St Peter, with Observations'. This article describes the chair and the differences between this etching by Scardevelli and the drawing by Carlo Fontana. The ivory plaques on the front of the seat, shown in this etching, are shown to be a later addition (though of Byzantine origin), and Nesbitt discusses the construction and date of the chair based on the style of original applied ivory ornament which he ascribes to the 8th century onwards.