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Porta del Popolo

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo; Alexander VII, Pope
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119382
Date
2013-04-26
Description
The inside of Porta del Popolo, detail of the monti with star (the coat of arms of Alexander VII Chigi); 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 gate
Subject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667, Baroque
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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