Study for St. Peter's 'Cattedra'

1658

Workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian, 1598-1680

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About the Artwork

In 1657, Pope Alexander VII recorded in his diary that he had spoken with the architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who had agreed to design a new altar to hold the relic of the Chair of Saint Peter. This wooden chair was believed to be the throne of Saint Peter, the first Bishop of Rome. Bernini initially estimated the project would take at least two years, but he spent almost a decade — from 1657 to 1666 — designing and completing the monumental altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
An unidentified artist working in Bernini’s studio created this detailed drawing for presentation and design approval between March 1657 and April 1658. Soon thereafter, Bernini and his workshop made a three-dimensional terracotta model, now in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection.

Title Study for St. Peter's 'Cattedra'

Artwork Date 1658

Artist Workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Life Dates 1598-1680

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

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Medium Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over black chalk

Dimensions Overall: 20 × 13 1/4 inches (50.8 × 33.7 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, Ralph H. Booth Bequest Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2018.21

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(Sotheby's, New York, New York, USA);
2018-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Study for St. Peter's 'Cattedra', 1658, pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over black chalk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ralph H. Booth Bequest Fund, 2018.21.