Porta del Popolo (Rome, Italy) : Frontal view, looking south with the Piazza del Popolo on the other side
- Creator:
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
- Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
1655 (alteration) - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- brick
marble - Notes:
- Outer face (1561) by Nanni di Baccio Bigio, based on a design by Michelangelo. The gate was restored for the arrival of Queen Christina of Sweden in 1655 by Bernini who added the inscription on the inside of the gate together with the scrolls and the arms of Alexander VII above it. p. 253
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-R-POP-A4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
city gates (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667 construction built works; city gates
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10112142
- PID:
- digcoll:1831635