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Model for a monument to Pope Alexander VII at The V&A, London

Title
Model for a monument to Pope Alexander VII


Artist
Gianlorenzo Bernini


Date
ca. 1669-70


Medium
Terracotta


Dimensions
x


Accession #
A.17-1932



Pope Alexander VII commissioned Bernini to design a tomb incorporating his portrait in marble for St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Although sketchily modelled, this bozzetto clearly conveys Bernini's final design for the portrait. The model also reveals some of Bernini's working methods. Since the monument was located above a doorway, he modelled the pope's head in the bozzetto separately so that it could be adjusted to the correct angle to be seen from below.
 

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