Estouteville, Guillaume d’ (French patron, 1412-1483), Pietrasanta, Jacopo da (Italian architect, ca. 1452-1490)
Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Renaissance
Culture
Italian
Location
Rome (Italy)
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.
Image Source
Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University