Piazza San Pietro

Date: 1656-1667
Image View Description: Exterior: View of Vatican Obelisk
Creator: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian architect, 1958-1680)
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Baroque
Culture: Italian
Subject: Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City)
Location: Rome (Italy)
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
Photographer: Gina Ciancone
Record ID: 1213_rome2012_vatican_vr_007


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