Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Tomb of Cardinal Mariano Pietro Vecchiarelli
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Italian sculptor)
Location:
repository: San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
4/a Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli
GPS:
41.893872 12.493069
Date:
ca. 1639-1660 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
tomb
Work Type 2:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 3:
sarcophagus
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
white and colored marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
death or burial; funerary art; portrait; rulers and leaders; cardinals (prelates); memento mori; skeleton; skeletons
Description:
Listed in the Fondazione Zeri catalog as being by an unknown 17th century Neapolitan sculptor. Cardinal Mariano Pietro Vecchiarelli died in 1639; the wall tomb (memorial) is located in the fourth chapel of the left aisle. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fond azionezeri.unibo.it/ )
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-VECCHI-MMV-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Tomb of Cardinal Mariano Pietro Vecchiarelli