View of St. Peter's Square, with the Vatican Obelisk and St. Peter's Basilica. A religious ceremony is taking place in the square: the consecration of the cross placed at the top of the Vatican Obelisk during the pontificate of Pope Sixtus V. Above six cartouches with text in Italian. The representation is framed in an ornamental frame. Consecration of the Cross on the Vatican Obelisk, print maker: Natale Bonifazio da Sebenico, (mentioned on object), printer: Giovanni Guerra, (mentioned on object), publisher: Giovanni Guerra, (mentioned on object), Rome, 1587, paper, etching, h 505 mm × w 370 mm