Interior: View of Crossing (high altar)
Creator
Date
1446
Location
Geographic Coordinates
41.900833, 12.474167
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
Photographer
Image Source
Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University
Image Date
12-Mar