Memorial to Maria Raggi is a sculptural monument designed and executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, started in 1647 and finished in 1653...

the general antipathy of Pope Urban VIII to such events meant the opportunity passed. Memorial to Maria Raggi Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of...

the 13th-century canonist; signed by Giovanni di Cosma (1296) Memorial to Maria Raggi, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (between 1647 and 1653) Tomb of Cardinal...

Raggio Memorial to Maria Raggi Raggi Bjarna (born 1934), Icelandic singer This page lists people with the surname Raggi. If an internal link intending to refer...

who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto. It features Pluto holding Proserpina aloft, and a Cerberus to symbolize the border into...

and left the piece nearby. Mayor Virginia Raggi said that they will assess the damage to determine how to best reattach the fragment. Salvador Dalí's...

sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese – where...

1640s Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito Merenda Memorial to Maria Raggi Confessio of Santa Francesca Romana...

(110 in), Galleria Borghese, Rome Memorial to Maria Raggi (1647–1653) Gilt bronze and coloured marble, life-size Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome Ecstasy of...

Hellenistic times and in ancient Rome, to judge from the number of versions that have survived. Discovered at Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, the Sleeping...

of Proserpina (1621-22), to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. Through this generous gesture, Borghese hoped to ingratiate himself to the favored nephew of the...

basilica. Designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, it was intended to mark, in a monumental way, the place of Saint Peter's tomb underneath. Under...

Pope Sixtus V; the engineering feat of re-erecting its vast weight was memorialized in a suite of engravings. The obelisk is the only obelisk in Rome that...

Urban VIII. Three great architects worked to create the Palazzo, each contributing his own style and character to the building. Carlo Maderno, then at work...

who in turn formally adopted the cardinal as his own nephew and allowed him to take the pontiff's own surname, "Altieri". Pope Clement beatified Cardinal...

pediment of the edicule frame to the high altar; this time he is represented by a white stucco sculpture carved by Antonio Raggi. He is shown on a cloud, designating...

Santa Bibiana is a small Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Rome devoted to Saint Bibiana. The church façade was designed and built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini...

Bernini on the mind of Innocent that when he planned to set up in Piazza Navona the great obelisk brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla, which had been buried...

Barberini, near the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini (which now houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) that Bernini helped to design and construct for...

Lucenti depicting Philip IV of Spain, located in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in Rome. Bernini developed the initial design and oversaw the...

set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. It was designed and carved by Gian Lorenzo Bernini...

Pauline Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. One of Pietro Bernini's best-known contributions to the city of Rome is the Fontana della Barcaccia...

Rome, Italy. The relic is a wooden throne that tradition claims belonged to the Apostle Saint Peter, the leader of the Early Christians in Rome and first...

Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome...

was originally to be placed in the choir of Santa Maria Maggiore. After Clement's death, the idea was abandoned and the location changed to St. Peter's Basilica...

Damascenti-Peretti Montalto in 1620, and executed March 1622 to February 1623, serving as a fountain to decorate the pond in the garden of his Villa Peretti Montalto...

discussions with the committee selecting the works, Bernini was then appointed to create St Longinus. Bernini was paid 3,300 Roman scudi for the work, the same...

creation is unknown, but it is likely to have been executed in the 1640s. It was first documented in 1731 when presented to the Palazzo dei Conservatori in...

The Memorial to Ippolito Merenda is a funerary monument designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1636 and 1638. Along with the similar...

workmanship and likeness to the king. Charles rewarded Bernini with a valuable diamond ring. Queen Henrietta Maria commissioned Bernini to make a companion bust...