Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1661-3
Saint Mary Magdalen
Cappella del Voto, Duomo, Siena
Marble
114
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1661-3
Saint Jerome
Cappella del Voto, Duomo, Siena
Marble height 180 cm
114
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1671-78
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
Basilica of Saint Peter, Rome
Marble and gilded bronze
114
GianLorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1647
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Marble, stucco, gilt bronze
114
Camillo Rusconi (b. 1658, Milan, d. 1728, Rome)
1708-18
Saint Matthew
Saint John Lateran, Rome
Marble height 425 cm
The first decades of the eighteenth century in Rome saw the sculpting of the colossal statues of the Apostles in twelve monumental niches, decorated by the dove symbol of the Pamphili family, which Borromini built during the reconstruction of the interior of Saint John Lateran.
The statues were executed before 1718 by the most prominent sculptors of the time:
The statues were executed before 1718 by the most prominent sculptors of the time:
- Saint Andrew (Camillo Rusconi)
- Saint James the Great (Camillo Rusconi)
- Saint Bartholomew (Pierre Le Gros)
- Saint Thomas (Pierre Le Gros)
- Saint Peter (Pierre Etienne Monnot)
- Saint Paul (Pierre Etienne Monnot)
- Saint Simon (Francesco Moratti)
- Saint Philip (Giuseppe Mazzuoli)
114
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1663-70
Constantine the Great
Scala Regia, Vatican, Rome
Marble with painted stucco drapery
114
Agostino Cornacchini (b. 1683, Pescia, d. 1754, Rome)
1725
Equestrian statue of Charlemagne
Vatican, Rome
Bronze
Egid Quirin Asam (b. 1692, Tegernsee, d. 1750, Mannheim)
1721
St George and the Dragon
High altar of the Benedictine Abbey, Weltenburg
Gilt stucco
114