Piazza San Pietro

Image View Description

Exterior: View of Vatican Obelisk

Date

1656-1667

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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