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Image View Description:

Exterior: View of Vatican Obelisk

Date:

1656-1667

Location:

Rome (Italy)

Location 2:

Vatican City

Title Variant:

Vatican

Work Type:

architecture

Culture:

Italian

Creator:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo

Creator Nationality:

Italian

Creator Dates:

1958-1680

Creator Role:

architect

Style / Period:

Baroque

Subject:

Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City)

Subject 2:

Vatican City--Buildings, structures, etc.

Subject 3:

Obelisks--Italy--Rome.

Photographer:

Gina Ciancone

Notes:

Just south of the central obelisk, also in view is the facade of the Basilica and Bernini’s fountain (south).

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Record ID:

1213_rome2012_vatican_vr_007