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Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller
- Alexander VII by Bernini
(above his monument)(three drawings by Filippo Juvarra)
Most of the Popes have their tomb in S. Pietro. They have usually a common pattern with the pope in the centre and two statues on the side, but each of them is somewhat unique. A very impressive one is that of Pope Alexander VII, especially for the use of colour and the representation of Death (in the background a detail of the Monument to Alexander VII). The coat of arms is also coloured and is a tribute by Gian Lorenzo Bernini to a pope who shared his artistic views. In this case however Bernini was influenced by the coat of arms of Innocent X (plate 30) by Francesco Borromini: the wings clearly come from there.
(left) The plate by Juvarra; (right) the actual coat of arms
Plate 1: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Porta Pia - Coat of arms of Pius IV
Plate 2: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Statue of Marcus Aurelius - Coat of arms of Rome
Plate 3: Donato Bramante - Palazzo della Cancelleria - Coat of arms of Leo X (lost)
Plate 4: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Palazzo Farnese - Coat of arms of Paul III
Plate 5: Domenico Fontana - Mostra dell'Acqua Felice - Coat of arms of Sixtus V
Plate 7: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Pietro - Chair of St. Peter - Coat of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 8: Francesco Borromini - Palazzo Barberini - Coat of arms of Urban VIII
Plate 9: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Palazzo di Propaganda Fide - Coat of arms of Urban VIII
Plates 10 and 26: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Colonnato in Piazza S. Pietro - Coats of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 13: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Andrea al Quirinale - Coat of arms of Innocent X
Plates 15 and 18: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - Coats of arms of Innocent X
Plate 16: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Pietro - Statue of Veronica - Coat of arms of Urban VIII
Plate 17: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Pietro - Monument to Alexander VII - Coat of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 20: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Pietro - Baldachin - Coat of arms of Urban VIII
Plate 24: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Fontana della Barcaccia - Coat of arms of Urban VIII
Plate 25: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Spedale di S. Spirito in Sassia - Coat of arms of Alexander VII
Plates 27, 30 and 31: Francesco Borromini - S. Giovanni in Laterano - Coat of arms of Innocent X
Plate 28: Francesco Borromini - Cappella dei Re Magi - Coat of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 32: Pietro da Cortona - SS. Luca e Martina - Coat of arms of Urban VIII
Plate 33: Alessandro Algardi - S. Pietro - Monument to Leo XI - - Coat of arms of Leo XI
Plate 34: Alessandro Algardi - S. Niccolò da Tolentino - Coat of arms of Innocent X (family coat of arms)
Plate 36: Carlo Fontana - Fontana di Piazza S. Maria in Trastevere - Coat of arms of Innocent XII
Plate 37: Francesco Fontana - Cortile della Pigna - Coat of arms of Clement XI
Plate 39: Francesco Fontana - Chiesa de' SS. Apostoli - Coat of arms of Clement XI
Plate 43: Carlo Maratti - S. Pietro - Monument to Innocent XI - Coat of arms of Innocent XI
Plate 44: Martino Lunghi - Palazzo Borghese - Coat of arms of Paul V
Plate 46: Carlo Rainaldi - S. Pietro - Coat of arms of Innocent X
Plate 48: Angelo Rossi - S. Pietro - Coat of arms of Alexander VIII
Note: Plate 41: unknown author - S. Pietro - Coat of arms of Gregory XIII (lost) can be seen in a page devoted to this pope.
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