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

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

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

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