The Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome

Italian 17th Century, border attributed to John Talman, first quarter 17th century

This is a painting of an ornate architectural interior featuring classical architectural elements such as columns, cornices, arches, and niches within walls. The image is framed with intricate golden patterns. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Italian 17th Century, border attributed to John Talman ¹
Date: first quarter 17th century ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash and watercolor heightened with white over black chalk on laid paper with gold leaf borders ¹
Original: 4,483 × 3,504 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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