{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O113150"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113150/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AY8671/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AY8671/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2006AY8671","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2012FE0065","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O113150/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O113150","accessionNumber":"E.2393-1913","objectType":"Print","titles":[{"title":"A Salomonic column","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"This print shows a twisted column in St Peter’s in Rome, the ‘Colonna Santa’, at the time believed to be one of the two bronze columns called Joachim and Boaz, which had stood at the gate of the Temple of Solomon. The Colonna Santa may be compared with Raphael’s ornate spiral, corkscrew-like column in his cartoon for the tapestry <i>The Healing of the Lame Man</i> (1515–16), which itself was based on antique examples in St. Peter’s Basilica.\r\n\r\nThe spiral form became a favourite way of breaking the classical rules, particularly for baroque designers, who were also inspired by Bernini’s Baldacchino (a structure placed over the tomb of St.Peter constructed between 1624–33) in the Basilica. Interestingly, the Colonna Santa is Roman, having been made in the eastern Empire in the early 2nd century AD.","physicalDescription":"Print, engraving, of a Salomonic column showing a twisted column in St Peter's Rome, the 'Colonna Santa'.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Beatrizet, Nicolas","id":"A14838"},"association":{"text":"engraver","id":"AAT25165"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraved","id":"AAT53225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Engraving on paper","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Architecture","id":"THES48993"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Ornament prints","id":"THES49038"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AY8671","2012FE0065"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLD","id":"THES49658"},"free":"","case":"EO","shelf":"49","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Rome","id":"x29106"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1560","earliest":"1555-01-01","latest":"1564-12-31"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"41.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"13.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This print shows a twisted column in St Peter's Rome, the 'Colonna Santa'. It was believed to be one of the two bronze columns called Joachim and Boaz which had stood at the gate of the Temple of Raphael in his tapestry cartoon (1515-16) the spiral form became a favourite way of breaking the classical rules, particularly for baroque designers, who were also inspired by Bernini's baldacchino in St Peter's (1624-33). Interestingly, the 'Colonna Santa' is Roman, having been made in the eastern Empire in the early 2nd century A.D.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Engraving, of a Salomonic column showing a twisted column in St Peter's Rome, by Nicolas Beatrizet, published in Rome, about 1560","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913</u>,  London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Saint Peter's Basilica","id":"x37771"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"spiral columns","id":"AAT1626"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.2393-1913"],"accessionNumberNum":"2393","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1913,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2005-06-13","availableToBook":false}}