Attributed to Agostino Ciampelli
1565 or 1578-1630
Interior of St. Peter's, with the Wooden Model of Bernini's Baldachin
11 9/16 x 14 1/8 inches (294 x 358 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite, with large paper collage element added, on paper. Adhered overall to old paper mount, 15 1/16 x 19 3/4 inche ( 383 x 501 mm).
1969.12
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
Notes
Watermark: none visible in raking light.
The design of the baldachin with the congregation of clerics has been cut out from an earlier sheet and combined with a later drawing of the interior of the church. The attribution of the baldacchino drawing to Ciampelli, who was at the time overseeing the Fabbrica di San Pietro, was first suggested by Christel Thiem and seconded by Sebastian Schutze.
The model was in place between 1628 and 1631. If the attribution of this drawing to Ciampelli is correct, his death in April 1630 would give a terminus ante quem.
The design of the baldachin with the congregation of clerics has been cut out from an earlier sheet and combined with a later drawing of the interior of the church. The attribution of the baldacchino drawing to Ciampelli, who was at the time overseeing the Fabbrica di San Pietro, was first suggested by Christel Thiem and seconded by Sebastian Schutze.
The model was in place between 1628 and 1631. If the attribution of this drawing to Ciampelli is correct, his death in April 1630 would give a terminus ante quem.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by Esdaile in pen and brown ink on recto of mount, "Lorenzo Bernini"; signed and dated by him on verso, "W. Esdaile 1816".
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on railing of stairway to crypt, "C. Bernin. E. Rom".
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on railing of stairway to crypt, "C. Bernin. E. Rom".
Associated names
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Goldschmidt, Lucien, former owner.
Goldschmidt, Lucien, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 116.
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