All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it.
Notes:
Page revised in January 2020.
All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it.
Notes:
Page revised in January 2020.
Leo XI was Pope for just a few days, but being a Medici (the third and last Pope of this family) he was not forgotten and Alessandro Algardi designed for him a beautiful monument in S. Pietro. In the lower part he sculpted some roses and wrote on them "SIC FLORUI" to mean that the Pope like the flower was in blossom for a very short time (26 days). Algardi is recognized as one of the most talented sculptors of his time. You may wish to see his three busts of the Frangipane in S. Marcello al Corso.
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.