Santa Maria del Popolo, Habakkuk and the Angel (Rome, Italy) : The left arm, depicting the angel plucking the hair of Habakkuk, detail
- Creator:
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
- Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
1655-1661 - Date Depicted:
- 10/1/1998
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- On his accession in 1655 Alexander VII (from the Chigi family) put Bernini in charge of the decoration of S Maria del Popolo. The only works there from Bernini's hand, however, are the marble niche statues of the prophets Daniel (1655-1657) and Habakkuk (1655-1661) in the Chigi Chapel.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-R-SP-5-C2
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- Old Testament and Apocrypha; Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667; Angels carving visual works; sculpture (visual work) hand
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/1/1998 - 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:
- 10096003
- PID:
- digcoll:1869374