Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni's Vatican tomb of Pope Alexander VIII Ottoboni : history and iconography from the archival records

Author

Olszewski, Edward J.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Storia dell'arte. 1997, Num. 91, 367-400, 48 ill.

ISSN

0392-4513

Abstract (en)

Studies the tomb of Pope Alexander VIII, designed by Carlo Enrico di San Martino with sculpture by Angelo de' Rossi and others (1695-1725; Rome, Vatican, S. Peter). Examines the tomb's components formally and iconographically, identifying figures in the principal relief - which depicts Alexander VIII's canonization of five saints (Lorenzo Giustiniani, Giovanni di Capistrano, Giovanni di Dio, Pasquale Baylon, and Giovanni San Facondo) in a ceremony of 1690 - discussing the allegorical figures that flank the sarcophagus (Prudence and Religion), and elaborating the prototypes for the papal effigy. Considers the patron of the tomb, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, the situation of the tomb within the basilica, and the contemporary responses it generated.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Rossi, Angelo de, 1671-1715
• Sculpture
• Italy
• 1600-1800
• San Martino, Carlo Enrico di, act.1694, d.1726
• Sepulchral monuments
• Alexander VIII, pope, 1610-1691
• Vaticano, S. Pietro||Roma (ITA)
• Tomb of Alexander VIII
• Ottoboni, Pietro, cardinal, 1667-1740
• Commissions
• Iconography
• Saints
• Laurence Giustiniani, S., protopatriarch of Venice, 1381-1455
• John of Capistrano, S., ca.1386-1456
• John of God, S., 1495-1550
• Paschal Baylon, S., 1540-1592
• John of Sahagún, S., 1419-1479
• Prudence
• Religion
• Effigies

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Rossi, Angelo de, 1671-1715
• Sculpture
• Italie
• 1600-1800
• San Martino, Carlo Enrico di, act.1694, m.1726
• Monument funéraire
• Alexandre VIII, pape, 1610-1691
• Vaticano, S. Pietro||Roma (ITA)
• Tombeau d'Alexandre VIII
• Ottoboni, Pietro, cardinal, 1667-1740
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Iconographie
• Saints
• Laurent Justinien, saint, protopatriarche de Venise, 1381-1455
• Jean de Capistran, saint, v.1386-1456
• Jean de Dieu, saint, 1495-1550
• Pascal Baylon, saint, 1540-1592
• Jean de Sahagún, saint, 1419-1479
• La Prudence
• Religion
• Effigie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00204079

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