Sujet

Chair of St. Peter, 1658. Creator: Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Légende

Chair of St. Peter, 1658. This is the only surviving sculptural sketch for the Chair of Saint Peter, the focal point of the apse of Saint Peter’s basilica in Rome. Bernini designed a magnificent gilded bronze throne as a shrine to encase the most venerated relic in the Vatican, the chair from which, by tradition, Saint Peter himself had preached. The reliefs on this model refer to the most significant moments in the life of Saint Peter. In April 1658 Bernini brought this terracotta model to his patron, Pope Alexander VII.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A09_468

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49.0Mo (3.1Mo) / 29.2cm x 42.0cm / 3454 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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