Habakkuk and the Angel
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo; Alexander VII, Pope
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Date
1655-1661Description
The left leg and rock; On his accession in 1655 Alexander VII (from the Chigi family) put Bernini in charge of the decoration of S Maria del Popolo. The only works there from Bernini's hand, however, are the marble niche statues of the prophets Daniel (1655-1657) and Habakkuk (1655-1661) in the Chigi Chapel. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/13/2008)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
Old Testament and Apocrypha, Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667, Angels, Baroque
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