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Notes:
Page revised in November 2020.
Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller
(as
seen by an XVIIIth century traveller)(Statue of St. Longinus)
Porta del Popolo: decoration designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini to celebrate the
arrival in Rome of Queen Christina of Sweden; the image used as background for this page shows Apollo and Daphne
See also my list of works by Francesco Borromini and my lists of Baroque architects and of Baroque sculptors.
The links lead to the page where the topic is discussed.
Early works:
Statues for Cardinal Scipione Borghese
Bust of Giovanni Antonio Santoni in S. Prassede
Bust of Giovanni Vigevano in S. Maria sopra Minerva
Fontana di Nettuno e Tritone in Villa Peretti
Works for or during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644):
S. Bibiana
Canopy of S. Pietro
Coats of arms of Pope Urban VIII in the Canopy of S. Pietro
Decoration of the great pillars of S. Pietro and statue of St. Longinus
Bust of Thomas Baker in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Monumento a Urbano VIII in S. Pietro
Stucco inscription in S. Maria in Aracoeli
Palazzo Barberini
Fontana del Tritone
Fontana delle Api
S. Anastasia
Collegio di Propaganda Fide
Funerary monuments with skeletons
Cappella Raimondi in S. Pietro in Montorio
Works for or during the pontificate of Pope Innocent X (1644-1655):
Cappella Cornaro in S. Maria della Vittoria
Fontana della Lumaca in Villa Pamphilj
Monument to Maria Raggi in S. Maria sopra Minerva
Palazzo di Montecitorio
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi and Fontana del Moro in Piazza Navona
Works for or during the pontificate of Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) and beyond:
Piazza S. Pietro
Chair of St. Peter in S. Pietro
Obelisco della Minerva
Cappella Chigi in S. Maria del Popolo
S. Andrea al Quirinale
S. Tommaso di Villanova in Castelgandolfo
Monumento a Gabriele Fonseca in S. Lorenzo in Lucina
Palazzo Chigi Odescalchi
Entrance of Spedale di S. Spirito
Churches and palaces in Ariccia
Scala Regia in Vaticano and Statua di Costantino
Bernini's Exiled Statue (statues in Paris and Versailles)
Two angels for Ponte S. Angelo in S. Andrea delle Fratte
Monumento a Alessandro VII in S. Pietro
Cappella Albertoni in S. Francesco a Ripa
Fountain in Palazzo Antamoro
The inscription dictated by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) in his memory in S. Maria Maggiore
Bernini lived for many years in a house opposite Cappella Paolina
Other pages/sections which might be of interest to you:
