Tomb of Alexander VII / Figure of Truth, front view / Baroque; Creation date: 1672-1678

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Work Title: Tomb of Alexander VII
View Title: Figure of Truth, front view
Creator/Culture: sculptor: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680)
Site/Repository: Site: Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano (Rome, Italy)
Period/Date: Baroque; Creation date: 1672-1678
Media/Technique: marble sculpture
Dimensions: over life-size
Subjects: Tombs; Funerary sculpture; Sculptures (visual works); Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667; Truth (Allegorical figures); Death -- Symbolic aspects
Work Record ID: 150577
Image Record ID: 908331
Classification Filing Number: 272; B528; 8AT 2

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 908331
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-908331/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 908331. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-908331/1. June 11, 2024.