Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Central Nave; Holy Water Fonts

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Central Nave; Holy Water Fonts
Image View: 
Left (south) pier; detail, left putti sitting on the base of the pier
Creator: 
Agostino Cornacchini (Italian sculptor, 1686-1754); Francesco Moderati (Italian sculptor, ca. 1680-ca. 1729); Giuseppe Lironi (Italian sculptor, ca. 1679-1749)
Location: 
repository: Saint Peter's (Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
Location Note: 
Piazza San Pietro
GPS: 
+41.902222+12.453333
Date: 
ca. 1700-1725 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Baroque; Eighteenth century
Work Type 1: 
holy water stoup
Work Type 2: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
white and colored marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
2 m (height, putti)
Subjects: 
Angels; Catholic Church; putti
Description: 
At the beginning of the central nave, on the first pier on the right and left side, the visitors' gaze is attracted to two holy water stoups that provide a clue to the basilica's real size: the cupids which seem small are in fact 2 meters tall. The basins containing the holy water are the work of Francesco Moderati and A. Cornacchini, (on the left); and by Giuseppe Lironi and G. B. De Rossi (on the right). [Note, dates do not line up for any De Rossi in ULAN]. (Source: St. Peters Basilica Info [website]; http://stpetersbasilica.info/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
1A1-BG-HWF-A05
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.