Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Santa Maria della Pace: Chigi Chapel
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Santa Maria della Pace: Chigi Chapel
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Alternate Title:
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Cappella Chigi
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Image View:
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Raphael: the Sibyls; detail, Cumaean sibyl with an angel
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Creator:
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Cosimo Fancelli (Italian sculptor, 1620-1688); Pietro da Cortona (Italian architect, 1596-1669); Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520); Timoteo Viti (Italian painter, 1469-1523)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria della Pace (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Arco della Pace 5
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GPS:
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+41.89987+12.47164
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Date:
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ca. 1514-1667 (inclusive)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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chapel (room or structure)
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Work Type 2:
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fresco (painting)
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Work Type 3:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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marble; bronze; pigment on plaster (fresco)
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Technique:
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carving (processes); fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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literary or legendary; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; rulers and leaders; saints; Chigi, Agostino, 1466-1520
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Description:
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The first nave chapel on the right-hand side is the Capella Chigi, created for Agostino Chigi, the 16th century banker. Raphael began by executing the wall fresco in 1514, but died before the chapel was finished, and work was possibly continued by Sebastiano del Piombo. The fresco is of four Sibyls, those of Cumana, Persia, Phrygia and Tiburtina, each receiving a revelation from an angel. However, the chapel itself and the wall surfaces flanking it were decorated in the Baroque restoration supervised by Pietro da Cortona. This work was completed in 1667. The altarpiece is a bronze relief of The Deposition by Cosimo Fancelli. Flanking it are kneeling statues of SS Catherine of Siena and Bernardine. Timoteo Viti, a pupil of Raphael, painted the four Prophets Habbakuk, Jonah, David and Daniel above the main fresco. (Source: Churches of Rome Wiki [website]; http://romanchurches.wikia.com/)
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Image Description:
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The Sibyls (Cumaean, Persian, Phrygian and Tiburtine) are attributed to Raphael. Like the Virtues in the Stanza della Segnatura, each of the figures is accompanied by an angel who indicates the divine spirit present in their prophecies.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-RS-SMP-CCH-SRAI-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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