Interior: View of Crossing (high altar)
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Creator Dates:
1412-1483
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Creator 2:
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Creator 2 Dates:
ca. 1452-1490
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Date:
1446
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Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.900833000000
Longitude: 12.474167000000
Longitude: 12.474167000000
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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.
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Image Source:
Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University
Image Date:
12-Mar