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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1655 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorBernini, Gian Lorenzoen_US
dc.creatorAlexander VII, Popeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-26T20:23:36Z
dc.date.available2013-04-26T20:23:36Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-26
dc.identifier211893en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 628en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119379
dc.descriptionThe inside of Porta del Popolo, looking northeast and through the gate from within the piazza; 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)en_US
dc.format.mediummarble; bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectAlexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667en_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titlePorta del Popoloen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BG-PP-A2en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecity gateen_US
dc.contributor.displayAlexander VII, Pope (Italian patron, 1599-1667); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680)en_US


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