Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated, Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache on cream laid paper, mounted on greyish-green paper, Dramatic view of interior of Saint Peter's in Rome on Holy Thursday. View is from the right transept looking into the nave in which a large cross is suspended from the dome, composed of several hundred candles. Beneath the cross in the nave stand numerous figures; others stand and kneel in the transept. The illumination from the cross casts areas of light as well as dark shadows on the vaulted ceilings and walls., Italy, 1776–84, architecture

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