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The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is located in the south transept of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The piece was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself.
Bernini started the project in 1671, but his work on two other major works—The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII and the Altar of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peter's Basilica—delayed his work on the funerary monument. Bernini completed the sculpture in 1674; [3] [4] it was installed by 31 August 1674. [5]
Alexander VII died in 1667 and was memorialised in a spectacular tomb by Bernini. However, Pope Innocent XI ordered that the naked Truth be covered up with a drapery colored in white. [ 18 ] It is famous for the skeleton holding a gilded hourglass, just above the doors.
The structure, which is positioned over the basilica’s main altar to provide a ceremonial covering for the tomb of St. Peter underneath, dates from the 1620s-1630s, when Pope Urban VIII ...
The Statue of Alexander VII is a large sculpture of Fabio Chigi (Pope Alexander VII), designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed by a member of his studio, probably Antonio Raggi. It sits in its original location of the Cathedral of Siena. It was begun in 1661 and completed in 1663. [1]
Uniquely combines the pope's tomb with that of his cardinal-nephew, Ludovico Ludovisi. According to Reardon [116] the pope was originally buried in the Quirinal Palace and his remains moved to Sant'Ignazio in 1634. The monument was created c. 1709–14. [117] 6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644 Urban VIII: Gian Lorenzo Bernini: St. Peter's Basilica ...
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1671–1678 Sculpture Marble and gilded bronze Over life-size 77 [94] Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1673–1675 Sculpture Gilt bronze 78 [95] Statue of Pope Clement X: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome 1676 Sculpture Marble Height 105 cm ...
Saint Bibiana (Bernini) Saint Longinus (Bernini) St. Peter's Baldachin; Saint Sebastian (Bernini) Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen (Bernini) Sleeping Hermaphroditus; Statue of Alexander VII (Bernini) Statue of Carlo Barberini; Statue of King Philip IV of Spain (Bernini) Statue of Pope Urban VIII