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New light on the colossal statues on the façade of St Peter’s, Rome
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 22-33
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Author:
Loffredo, Fernando (Loffredo, Fernando)
Subjects
artists:
Fancelli, Chiarissimo / Fancelli (stonecutter), Carlo / Cennini, Bernardino / Drouin, Siméon / Paracca (Valsoldino), Giovanni Antonio / Stati, Cristoforo / Moretti, Egidio / Buonvicino, Ambrogio / Serodine, Giovanni / Bernini, Pietro
artists:
Fontana, Giuseppe
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Rome
sources:
Baldinucci, Filippo
subjects:
Attributions / Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Statues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of the east front of St Peter’s, Rome. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
10. St Philip, here attributed to Pietro Bernini. 1613–14. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
11. Virgin and Child, by Giovan Battista Serodine. Shortly before 1615. Travertine. (S. Francesca Romana, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
12. Autumn in the guise of Priapus, by Pietro Bernini (with the assistance of Gian Lorenzo Bernini). 1616–17. Marble, height 227.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of Fig.10. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
14. Autumn, by Pietro Bernini (with the assistance of Gian Lorenzo Bernini). c.1620. Marble, 125.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Adam, Eve and the serpent, by Pietro Bernini. c.1620. Marble, height 188 cm. (Musée de Tessé, Le Mans; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
16. St Matthew, by Pietro Bernini. 1604–06. Marble, height approx. 180 cm. (Church of Gerolamini, Naples; photograph courtesy Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz).
Attributed works:
17. St John the Evangelist, by Giovanni Antonio Paracca, nicknamed Valsoldino. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
18. St John the Baptist, by Siméon Drouin. 1613. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
19. St James the Great, by Egidio Moretti. 1613. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
2. Statues of (from left to right) St John the Evangelist, St Andrew, Christ the Redeemer and St John the Baptist on the attic of the east front of St Peter’s, Rome. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institute für Kunstgeschichte, Rome).
Attributed works:
20. St Matthias, by Giuseppe Fontana. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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3. The east front of St Peter’s, Rome. (Bridgeman Images).
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4. The coat of arms of Pope Paul V Borghese in the pediment on the east front of St Peter’s, Rome, by Carlo Fancelli and Leone Garuo. c.1612–13. Travertine, height 600 cm. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
5. Vulcan, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1611. Marble, height 210 cm. (Boboli Gardens, Florence; photograph courtesy Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz).
Attributed works:
6. St Andrew, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
7. St Thaddeus, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
8. St Cristina, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1622–25. Marble, height approx. 200 cm. (Pisa Cathedral; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
9. Christ the Redeemer, by Cristoforo Stati, completed by Siméon Drouin. 1612–13. Travertine, height 600 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
Article
New light on the production of ‘Il Tempio Vaticano’
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 22-30
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Author:
Antinori, Aloisio (Antinori, Aloisio)
Subjects
artists:
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714 / Specchi, Alessandro / Delino, Simone Felice
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy / Piazza San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1660-1719
media:
Books / Book illustrations
patrons:
Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian architecture / Obelisks
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Preparatory drawing for the plate at p.169 of Il Tempio Vaticano, showing the machinery used for the raising of the Vatican obelisk in 1586, by Carlo Fontana. Before 1692. (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Real Biblioteca del Palacio Real, Grab. 23 VIII-M-398, f.25).
Attributed works:
2. Dispositione e veduta generale delle machine che servirono per alzare l’obelisco Vaticano, by Alessandro Specchi after Fig.1. Plate at p.169 of Il Tempio Vaticano (1694), by Carlo Fontana. Engraving. (Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano).
Attributed works:
5. Preparatory drawing for the plate at p.191 of Il Tempio Vaticano showing the plan of the colonnade, a section of the corridor on the south side of the piazza and a plan of the basilica’s portico, by Carlo Fontana. Before 1689. (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Real Biblioteca del Palacio Real, Grab. 23 VIII-M-398, f.33).
Attributed works:
6. Pianta in proportione maggiore che dimostra un braccio delli portici e corritori attorno alla piazza, by Alessandro Specchi after Fig.5. Plate at p.191 of Il Tempio Vaticano (1694), by Carlo Fontana. Engraving. (Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano).
Western art unattributed:
3. Italian frontispiece of Il Tempio Vaticano, Rome 1694. (Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano).
Western art unattributed:
4. Latin frontispiece of Il Tempio Vaticano, Rome 1694. (Fabbrica di San Pietro in Vaticano).
Article
From building to print: Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi and the making of architectural books
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
Pages: 697-705
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Author:
Aceto, Angelamaria (Aceto, Angelamaria)
Subjects
art literature:
Insignium Romae Templorum Prospectus, Italy / Disegni di Vari Altari e Cappelle / Studio d'Architettura Civile
artists:
Rossi, Domenico de'
artists:
Falda, Giovanni Battista
artists:
Ferri, Ciro
artists:
Nuvolone, Lorenzo
artists:
Bufalini, Francesco Antonio
artists:
Venturini, Giovanni Francesco
artists:
Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de
buildings:
Chiesa dei Santi Luca e Martina, Rome, Italy
buildings:
Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, Italy
buildings:
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy
buildings:
San Nicola da Tolentino, Rome, Italy
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy / Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
buildings:
Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria della Pace, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria della Pace, Rome, Italy
media:
Prints
media:
Architectural drawings
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. St Peter's. Rome, interior of the portico, east wall, here attributed to Francesco Antonio Bufalini (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
11. SS. Luca e Martina, Rome, elevation of the high altar, here attributed to an anonymous hand after an original design by Pietro da Cortona, Ciro Ferri and others, c. 1688 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig. 13, showing indentations around the architectural elements
Attributed works:
13. Altar of S. Francesco Saverio, plan and elevation, Chiesa del Gesu, Rome, here attributed to Carlo Fontana's studio, c. 1688 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
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14. Altar of S. Francesco Saverio, plan and elevation, Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, by an anonymous printmaker after the drawing in Fig. 13, 1688-89 (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute, Rome)
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15. St. Peter's Rome, Facade, here attributed to Francesco Antonio Bufalini, c. 1680-83 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
16. Verso of Fig. 15, showing the red chalk coating
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17. S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, section, here attributed to Lorenzo Nuvolone after a design by Francesco Borromini, c. 1680-83 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
18. S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, section, by Giovanni Francesco Venturini, after Lorenzo Nuvolone, 1683 (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute, Rome)
Attributed works:
19. Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, longitudinal section, attributed to Francesco Antonio Bufalini, c. 1680-83 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
20. SS. Luca e Martina, Rome, transverse section, by Francesco Antonio Bufalini, after a design by Pietro da Cortona, 1680-83 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
21. Choir of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence, elevation, here attributed to an anonymous draughtsman after a drawing by Ciro Ferri, c. 1688-89 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
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22. Choir of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence, elevation looking towards the altar, here attributed to an anonymous draughtsman after a drawing by Ciro Ferri, c. 1688 (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
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9. St Peter's, Rome, interior of the portico, west wall, here attributed to Francesco Bufalini (Gabinetto di Stampe e Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig. 10, showing the geometrical indications in blind stylus and some indented outlines and blind outlines
Attributed works:
St Peter's, Rome, interior of the portico, west and east walls, by Jean Colin, after Francesco Antonio Bufalini, 1683 (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute, Rome)
Publication Received
Bernini at Saint Peter’s. The Pilgrimage. (Visible Spirit. The Art of Gianlorenzo Bernini, vol.III). By Irving Lavin
12/2014 | 1341 | 156
Pages: 827
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Reviewer:
Ostrow, Steven F. (Ostrow, Steven F.)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Italian architecture
Article
The unveiling of Mochi’s ‘Veronica’
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 735-740
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Author:
Rice, Louise (Rice, Louise)
Subjects
artists:
Mochi, Francesco
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639
patrons:
Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Marbles / Veronica, Saint / Commissions
subjects:
Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. The St Veronica in Fig.18 viewed from above and from the right
Attributed works:
18. St Veronica, by Francesco Mochi (St Peter's, Rome)
Attributed works:
19. Lower half of the Veronica pier in St Peter's, by Domenico Castelli. From 'Prospetti e piante di tutti gl'edificij eretti sì dentro come fuori di Roma dalla felice memoria d'Urbano VIII, disegnati da Domenico Castelli' (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. Lat. 4409, fol.7)
Western art unattributed:
20. Statuette cast from Francesco Mochi's model for Fig.18 (Private collection, England)
Article
Two drawings by Giovan Battista Ricci da Novara for the decoration of the portico of new St Peter’s
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 163-167
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Author:
Bortolozzi, Anna (Bortolozzi, Anna)
Subjects
artists:
Maderno, Carlo / Ricci, Giovanni Battista
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1649
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
print:
Ricci, Giovanni Battista
subjects:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural components / Christian iconography / Iconography / Stuccowork / Reliefs / Ceilings / Collections, Public / Doorways
subjects:
Religious architecture / Churches
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Detail of the façade of St Peter’s, Rome, designed by Carlo Maderno. c.1607–12. (Photograph: A. Bortolozzi).
Attributed works:
34. Courtyard of old St Peter’s, Rome, by Domenico Tasselli da Lugo. c.1605. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Archivio di S. Pietro, ‘Album’ A 64 ter, fol.10. (Photograph: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana).
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35. Design for the stucco ceiling of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome, by Giovan Battista Ricci da Novara. c.1618. Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and light-blue wash, 20.5 by 43 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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36. Design for the stucco ceiling of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome, by Giovan Battista Ricci da Novara. c.1618. Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash, 40.6 by 65.3 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
37. Detail of the central doorway of the portico in Fig.33. (Photograph: A. Bortolozzi).
Attributed works:
38. Interior of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome. Designed by Carlo Maderno. c.1618–20.
Attributed works:
39. Detail of Fig.36.
Western art unattributed:
40. Detail of St Andrew presents St Peter to Christ from the stucco ceiling of the por­tico of St Peter’s, Rome.
Publication Received
Monuments and the Art of Mourning. The Tombs of Popes and Princes in St. Peter’s
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 556
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Subjects
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
print:
Commemorative monuments
subjects:
Commemorative monuments / Sepulchral monuments / Funerary structures
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Monuments and the Art of Mourning. The Tombs of Popes and Princes in St. Peter’s | editor: Bösel, Richard , author: Fehl, Philipp , compiler: Fehl, Raina
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Bernini and the Vacant See
12/2008 | 1269 | 150
Pages: 821-824
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Author:
Lloyd, Karen (Lloyd, Karen)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
buildings:
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Spoleto, Italy
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639 / 1640-1649
museums and institutions:
Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644
print:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Collections, Public / Damage to works of art / Statues / Marbles / Bronzes / Funerary structures / Identification / Busts / Portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Pope Urban VIII, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and assistants. 1635–40. Marble, 260 cm. high. (Sala dei Capitani, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome).
Attributed works:
20. Tomb of Pope Urban VIII, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1627–47. Bronze, partly gilt and marble, life–size. (St Peter’s, Rome).
Attributed works:
21. Bernini’s Bust of Pope Urban VIII (see Fig.22) with its dedicatory inscription (Spoleto Cathedral).
Attributed works:
22. Bust of Pope Urban VIII, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1640–44. Bronze, 132 cm. high. (Spoleto Cathedral).
Article
Urban VIII, the Archangel Michael, and a Forgotten Project for the Apse Altar of St Peter's
07/1992 | 1072 | 134
Pages: 428-434
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Author:
Rice, Louise (Rice, Louise)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
artists:
Reni, Guido
artists:
Calandra, Giovan Battista
artists:
Cesari, Giuseppe, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1649
patrons:
Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Visual sources / Medals
subjects:
Italian painting / Unexecuted designs
subjects:
Michael the Archangel, Saint
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. The Archangel Michael Appearing before Urban VIII, by Gaspare Mola Possibly after a Design by the Cavaliere d'Arpino. 1626. Bronze, 3.7 cm. diam.; Reverse. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
19. Detail of Allegory of Divine Providence, by Pietro da Cortona. 1633-37. Fresco. (Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
20. The Archangel Michael, by Guido Reni. c.1635. Oil on Silk, 293 by 202 cm. (S. Maria dell Concezione, Rome).
Attributed works:
21. Plan of St Peter's, Rome, by Matthaeus Greuter after Papirio Bartoli. 1623, with Later Additions 1626. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Archivio Capitolare di S. Pietro, H55, fol.32, Rome).
Attributed works:
22. Project for the Cathedra Petri, by the Workshop of Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1657. Pen and Wash over Chalk, 24.1 by 14.5 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle; Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen).
Attributed works:
24. The Archangel Michael, by Giovanni Battista Calandra, after the Cavaliere d'Arpino. 1628. Mosaic, c.285 by 207 cm. (Duomo, Macerata).
Western art unattributed:
18. The Archangel Michael Bringing the Tiara to Urban VIII. 1640. Bronze, 4.3 cm. diam.; Reverse. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
23. Altar of St Michael. (St Peter's, Rome).
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Paolo Campi: A 'Bozzetto' for St Peter's
06/1988 | 1023 | 130
Pages: 433-434
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Author:
Enggass, Robert (Enggass, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Campi, Paolo
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1700-1749
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. St Juliana Falconieri, Here Attributed to Paolo Campi. Bronze, on Painted Gesso Base, Height 85 cm. (Museum of the Monastery of Montecassino).
Attributed works:
46. St Juliana Falconieri, by Paolo Campi. 1732. Marble. (St Peter's, Rome).
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