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Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Fonseca Chapel in S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome

02/1978 | 899 | 120

Pages: 65-71

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Author:

Dobias, Judy (Dobias, Judy)

Subjects

artists:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo

artists:

Gimignani, Giacinto

buildings:

Cappella Fonseca, San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome, Italy

buildings:

San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699

patrons:

Fonseca, Gabriele

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Patronage / Documents

subjects:

Medicine / Physicians / Iconography

subjects:

Italian painting / Chapels / Interiors

subjects:

Innocent X, Pope, 1574-1655

subjects:

Mary, Virgin / Mary, Virgin: Annunciation

subjects:

Bible stories / Elijah, Prophet

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Elisha Pouring Salt into the River, by Giacinto Gimignani. Signed and Dated 1664. (S Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome).

Attributed works:

11. King Ahab and the Prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel. Anonymous Drawing after Guglielmo Cortese's Lost Painting for the Fonseca Chapel. (Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf).

Attributed works:

12. Bust of Gabriele Fonseca, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Between 1668 and 1675. (Fonseca Chapel, S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome).

Attributed works:

13. Vault and Stucco of the Fonseca Chapel.

Attributed works:

15. King Ahab and the Prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel, by Sebastiano Ricci. Canvas, 66 by 76 cm. (Sale Hahn, Frankfurt, 5th-6th April 1938).

Attributed works:

16. Palazzo Fonseca, by Orazio Torregiani. 1626. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).

Attributed works:

9. The Fonseca Chapel, S Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome. c.1664.

Western art unattributed:

14. Drawing for the Altar of the Fonseca Chapel. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.

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