Tomb of Clement X
Alessandro Specchi, Italian, 1668 - 1729
1715
Engraving on wove paper
Plate: 12 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (30.6 × 19.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 15 3/8 in. (49.6 × 39 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert Dance, Class of 1977
PR.993.42.39
Portfolio / Series Title
Numismata summorum pontificum Templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: Alexander Specchi delin.; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Arnoldo Van Westerhout Sculp.; inscribed, in plate, upper left: Tabula 34; inscribed, in plate, in image, below center: CLEMENS X / ALTERIIS ROM. / PONT. MAX.; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 1670-76
Course History
ARTH 17, Italian Renaissance Architecture: Issues and Approaches, Lauren Jacobi, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Provenance
Robert Dance, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1993.
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