Porta del Popolo
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo; Alexander VII, Pope
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Date
2013-04-12Description
Frontal view, looking south, detail; Outer face (1561) by Nanni di Baccio Bigio, based on a design by Michelangelo. The gate was restored for the arrival of Queen Christina of Sweden in 1655 by Bernini who added the inscription on the inside of the gate together with the scrolls and the arms of Alexander VII above it. p. 253 Source: Blunt, Anthony; Guide to baroque Rome, London ; New York : Granada, 1982 (0246117621) (accessed 12/2/2007)
Type of Work
city gateSubject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667, Baroque
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