Drawing, Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated, before 1787 (CH 18710849)

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Drawing, Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated, before 1787 (CH 18710849)

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Interior of Basilica of St. Peter's on Holy Thursday. View is asymmetrical, from a position between the left side aisle and the nave. Interior is illuminated by a large cross, composed of several hundred lit oil lamps, suspended in front of the Bernini baldichin. Figures stand under the cross and scattered around the nave.

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1787
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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