FRANCESCO BORROMINI. Studies for the Nave and Narthex of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome (recto and verso)

FRANCESCO BORROMINI (1599-1667)

Studies for the Nave and Narthex of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome (recto and verso)

Studies for the Nave and Narthex of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome (recto and verso). Artist: Francesco Borromini (Italian, Bissone near Lugano 1599-1667 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/8 in. (27.9 x 20.6 cm). Date: ca.1646-55. Studies for the West nave and narthex of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome, spread across both sides of the sheet. The designs consist of floor plans executed in black chalk and pen and brown ink. Borromini's work on the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano counts among the most important commissions of his career as an artist and architect.

Black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink and black chalk (verso)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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33.2 x 24.9 cm | 13.1 x 9.8 in (300 dpi)