St. Peter's Church (Rome), Baldacchino

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Title St. Peter's Church (Rome), Baldacchino
Creator Gianlorenzo Bernini
Creator Nationality Italian
Building St. Peter's Church (Rome)
Location City/State Vatican City
Location Country Italy
Style Period 17th Century Art: Southern Europe
Patron Pope Urban VIII Barberini; Pope Alexander VII Chigi
Description canopy over the high altar at the crossing of the nave and the transept; Canopy (baldachin, baldacchino)
Subject Baroque; Religious Art; Religious Buildings
Creation Date 1624 - 1633 CE
Form sculpture
Medium gilded bronze
Dimensions H: 93' 6"
Source Adams 2, II: 17.1 (different angle); Gardner's 11, 24-5; Hartt 4, 26-18; Honour/Fleming 6, 13.15 (different angle); Silver, 6.19 (different angle); Stokstad 2, 19-2 (with throne); Wilkins 3, 7-19 (different angle); Stokstad 2, 19-2 (different angle), Slide Library 237 -Italy
Work ID 2065
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6dc1bt9
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 28376
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc1bt9
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