tomb of Pope Alexander VII

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1670

‘tomb of Pope Alexander VII’ is a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy, 1598–1680). It is dated 1670. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of marble and bronze. The work belongs to the genre funerary sculpture. The things depicted include Alexander VII, charity, prudence, and justice.

The catalogue has 87 more works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

• The Baroque