Interior: View of Crossing (high altar)
Creator
Date
1446
Location
Work Type
Notes
The high altar was consecrated in 1628, and enshrines a Byzantine icon of the Blessed Virgin traditionally painted by St Luke. Unlike popular thought it was not designed by Bernini but Orazio Turriani.
Style/Period
Culture
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source
Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University
Photographer
Record ID
1213_rome2012_santagostino_vr_002