Sant'Andrea della Valle : Cenotaphs of Popes Pius II and Pius III (Rome, Italy) : The tomb of Pius II, the lower portion
- Creator:
- Paolo, Romano, fl. 1451-probably died 1470 (after)
- Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
1614 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Notes:
- In the first two bays of the nave are the Renaissance cenotaphs of Popes Pius II (died 1464) and Pius III (died 1503), both of the Piccolomini family. Both were originally interred in Old St Peter's, and brought to Sant'Andrea della Valle (the church having been built by a Piccolomini patron) in 1614. Paolo Romano (formerly known as Paolo Taccone) had been the favorite sculptor of Pius II and created his funerary chapel (ca. 1470; destroyed) in St. Peter's. The iconography of the cenotaph may follow that work. The later cenotaph of Pius III was modeled on that of Pius II.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-R-SAV-4-B2
- Genre:
- churches (AAT)
sculpture (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- death or burial; rulers and leaders; saints carving built works; monuments; visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- 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:
- 10112353
- PID:
- digcoll:1857554