St Thomas of Canterbury

The architecture drawn by Andrea Pozzo. The church of S. Thomas of Canterbury in Rome

Among the valuable drawings by Andrea Pozzo that testify to his high artistic gift are those that describe the project of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury at the Venerable English College of Rome. The project, probably drafted between 1681 and 1701, was not, however, carried out due to the lack of funds. If on the one hand we must regret for not being able to renovate a further Roman Jesuit church on the other, the Trentino artist’s drawings allow us to appreciate the high representative quality of these graphics, published only in 1972 by Bernard Kerber.

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