This is my drawing of ‘St Peter’s Basilica’. It took me about an hour and a half to create one warm and sunny afternoon in Rome. Lots of people stopped to watch the drawing in progress. In the early 4th century, Emperor Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, ordered to build a basilica on Vatican Hill. The location was symbolic: this was the place where Saint Peter, the chief apostle, was buried in 64 AD. A small shrine already existed on the site but it was now replaced by a large church building. The new basilica, consecrated in 326 AD, was completed around 349 AD. This drawing was completed late 2012 AD.
This drawing is available to buy as a signed giclée print, along with others, via my website – there is a ‘Black & White’ version for purists and a ‘Vatican Purple’ version for Catholic priests.
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Size: 240mm x 240mm | Cost: £30.00
UK P&P: £4.99 | International P&P: £7.99
Black & White
Vaitican Purple
Inky Sporran™ 