The square and the church of Saint Peter, Willem Swidde, after 1681

The city of rome was in the 17th century a popular place for travellers, artists and scientists. For all those who lacked the money to visit rome, nicolaes visscher ii (1649-1702) provided a series of prints with the most important architectural and archeological highlights of the city engraved by willem swidde (c. 1660-1697). This print shows the place in front of the church of st. Peter, an achievement of the italian architect giovanni lorenzo bernini (1562-1629). Object Type: print. Date: after 1681. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: 17 x 26 cm. Medium: copper engraving print. Collection: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B12 077 2-Het plein en de kerk van Sint Pieter