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Francesco Borromini (/ ˌ b ɒr ə ˈ m iː n i /, [1] Italian: [franˈtʃesko borroˈmiːni]), byname of Francesco Castelli (Italian: [kaˈstɛlli]; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), [2] was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino [3] who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque ...
The Palazzo today. The Palazzo di Propaganda Fide (in English: Palace of the Propagation of the Faith) is a palace located in Rome, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, then Francesco Borromini. Since 1626, it has housed the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and since 1929 is an extraterritorial property of the Holy See. The complex ...
Borromini directed the construction from 1637 to 1652, and was continued by Camillo Arcucci in 1649 and finished in 1667. [7] In 1669 Leone Allacci [ 7 ] presented to the library 243 volumes, 137 Latin and 106 Greek ( Fondo Allacci ), in 1764 Giuseppe Bianchini presented 293 volumes ( Fondo Bianchini ), in 1843 Ruggero Falzacappa presented 79 ...
Francesco Borromini The Palazzo Barberini (English: Barberini Palace ) is a 17th-century palace in Rome , facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi . Today, it houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica , the main national collection of older paintings in Rome.
The facade of the oratory (1720 engraving) The turret with a clock, by Borromini. The Oratorio dei Filippini (Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) is a building located in Rome and erected between 1637 and 1650 under the supervision of architect Francesco Borromini - in his distinctive style.
Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Christ "Salvator Mundi" sold for more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction. Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 million in New ...
The last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting and one of fewer than 20 by the Renaissance artist known to still exist is hitting the auction block.
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (lit. 'Saint Ivo at the Sapienza (University of Rome)') is a Catholic church in Rome.Built in 1642–1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini, the church is widely regarded a masterpiece of Roman Baroque architecture.