Santa Maria della Vittoria, Cappella Capocaccia
Contini, Giovanni Battista; Guidi, Domenico

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Alternative Title
Capocaccia Chapel
Date
1697Description
Close vertical view of the altar with Vision of St. Joseph, by Domenico Guidi; Cappella Capocaccia (1697) in S Maria della Vittoria was commissioned as a copy of Bernini's Cornaro Chapel, which it faces at the opposite end of the transept. (The Cornaro Chapel is in the west transept). The altar contains the sculptural group, Vision of St. Joseph, by Domenico Guidi Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/24/2007)
Type of Work
sepulchral chapel; sculpture (visual work)Subject
death or burial, saints, Baroque
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