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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1667 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBernini, Gian Lorenzoen_US
dc.date1667en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-26T20:22:03Z
dc.date.available2013-04-26T20:22:03Z
dc.date.issued1667en_US
dc.identifier211837en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 624en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119323
dc.descriptionProfile view of the elephant, showing the head and trunk; "Immediately on Bernini's return to Rome in 1666 Alexander VII commissioned him to design a setting in front of S Maria sopra Minerva for a small obelisk found near by. Bernini revived a project dating back to the 1630s, and the resultant Elephant Bearing an Obelisk was unveiled in the piazza in 1667." [Grove] The sculpture was executed by Ercole Ferrata. The Egyptian obelisk found in the Dominicans' garden. It is the shortest of the eleven Egyptian obelisks in Rome and is said to have been one of two obelisks moved from Sais. The inspiration for the unusual composition came from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili ("Poliphilo's Dream of the Strife of Love"), an unusual 15th century novel probably by Francesco Colonna." Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/2/2007)en_US
dc.format.mediummarbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectallegoricalen_US
dc.subjectanimalsen_US
dc.subjectEgypt--Civilizationen_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleElephant Bearing an Obelisken_US
dc.title.alternativeMinerva Obelisken_US
dc.title.alternativePulcino della Minervaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BG-OS-B4en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemonumenten_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayGian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)en_US


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