Sant'Andrea della Valle : Life of Saint Andrew and Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (Rome, Italy) : Close view of a ceiling fresco, depicting a scene from the life of St. Andrew (by Domenichino)
- Creator:
- Algardi, Alessandro, 1598-1654
Domenichino, 1581-1641
Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699 - Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
1624-1651 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- fresco
- Notes:
- In 1650 Preti won from Cardinal Francesco Peretti-Montalto the prestigious commission to fresco three scenes from the Martyrdom of St Andrew in the apse of S Andrea della Valle, Rome (completed 1651; in situ), a church already celebrated for Lanfranco's Baroque fresco in the dome (1625-1628) and Domenichino's pendentives and scenes from the Life of St Andrew on the vault of the choir (1624-1648). Preti's Theatine patrons expressed complete satisfaction with his work, but his compromise between classicist and realist Baroque styles was generally considered to be inferior to the renowned masterpieces of Lanfranco and Domenichino. [Stucco decoration is by Allessandro Algardi].
- Variant Titles:
- Sant'Andrea della Valle; Choir and Apse Decoration
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-R-SAV-5-E3
- Genre:
- churches (AAT)
paintings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- death or burial; New Testament; saints carving ; fresco painting (technique) visual works; paintings (visual works); frescoes (paintings); visual works; sculpture (visual work); reliefs (sculptures) fresco
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10112376
- PID:
- digcoll:1831204