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VISSCHER, Cornelis [1629-1658].. Portrait of Pope Alexander VII [1599-1667].
copper engraving. 307 x 235 mm. (image) (313 x 238 mm. sheet). signed in the plate. A good dark impression on laid paper, trimmed just inside plate mark at top & sides & 4 cm outside plate mark at bottom. (2 neat short repaired tears at edges extending into image - no loss, mounting tape on verso on verso). Provenance: rubberstamps on verso of the Städtisches Museum Leipzig and Museum der Bildenen Kunste Leipzig. Numerous architectural and urban projects were undertaken in Rome under the direction of Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), who engaged the talents of leading architects Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro da Cortona, and Carlo Rainaldi among others to accomplish his vision. Among these were the church and piazza at Santa Maria della Pace, the Via del Corso, Piazza Colonna and associated buildings, the reworking of the Porta del Popolo, the Piazza del Popolo and Santa Maria del Popolo, the Piazza San Pietro, the Scala Regia and interior embellishments in the Vatican Palace and St. Peter's, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, part of the Palazzo del Quirinale, the obelisk and elephant in Piazza della Minerva, and the Palazzo Chigi. Hollstein 138.
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