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De verlichting van het kruis in de Sint-Pieter in Rome
Creator
Louis Jean DesprezFrench painter and architect (1743-1804) · 1743–1804
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- 1768 - 1804
- Medium
- paper, watercolor (paint)
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- RP-P-1968-20
From the Rijksmuseum record
Every year on Good Friday – two days before Easter – a Holy Cross illuminated by 628 candles was hung over the nave of St Peter’s Basilica. Desprez chose an unexpected viewpoint, with the monumental pillar in the foreground and a spectacular < chiaroscuro > effect. He thus achieved this dream-like vision of the cross seemingly floating in the church’s cavernous space.
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