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New light on the colossal statues on the façade of St Peter’s, Rome
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 22-33
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Loffredo, Fernando (Loffredo, Fernando)
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Illustrations
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1. Detail of the east front of St Peter’s, Rome. (Photograph the author).
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10. St Philip, here attributed to Pietro Bernini. 1613–14. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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11. Virgin and Child, by Giovan Battista Serodine. Shortly before 1615. Travertine. (S. Francesca Romana, Rome; photograph the author).
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12. Autumn in the guise of Priapus, by Pietro Bernini (with the assistance of Gian Lorenzo Bernini). 1616–17. Marble, height 227.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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13. Detail of Fig.10. (Photograph the author).
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14. Autumn, by Pietro Bernini (with the assistance of Gian Lorenzo Bernini). c.1620. Marble, 125.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Adam, Eve and the serpent, by Pietro Bernini. c.1620. Marble, height 188 cm. (Musée de Tessé, Le Mans; photograph the author).
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16. St Matthew, by Pietro Bernini. 1604–06. Marble, height approx. 180 cm. (Church of Gerolamini, Naples; photograph courtesy Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz).
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17. St John the Evangelist, by Giovanni Antonio Paracca, nicknamed Valsoldino. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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18. St John the Baptist, by Siméon Drouin. 1613. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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19. St James the Great, by Egidio Moretti. 1613. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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2. Statues of (from left to right) St John the Evangelist, St Andrew, Christ the Redeemer and St John the Baptist on the attic of the east front of St Peter’s, Rome. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institute für Kunstgeschichte, Rome).
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20. St Matthias, by Giuseppe Fontana. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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3. The east front of St Peter’s, Rome. (Bridgeman Images).
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4. The coat of arms of Pope Paul V Borghese in the pediment on the east front of St Peter’s, Rome, by Carlo Fancelli and Leone Garuo. c.1612–13. Travertine, height 600 cm. (Photograph the author).
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5. Vulcan, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1611. Marble, height 210 cm. (Boboli Gardens, Florence; photograph courtesy Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz).
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6. St Andrew, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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7. St Thaddeus, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1612–13. Travertine, height 565 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).
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8. St Cristina, by Chiarissimo Fancelli. 1622–25. Marble, height approx. 200 cm. (Pisa Cathedral; photograph the author).
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9. Christ the Redeemer, by Cristoforo Stati, completed by Siméon Drouin. 1612–13. Travertine, height 600 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; photograph the author).