Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Baroque artwork altar sculpture sculptural reliquary

Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is a monumental Baroque sculptural reliquary in bronze and marble that dramatically frames the supposed throne of Saint Peter with dynamic figures and radiant light effects.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
St. Peter’s Baldachin	2
Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini	1
Baldachin of St. Peter	1
Bernini’s Cathedra Petri sculpture	1
Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini canonical	1
Doctors of the Church (in Bernini’s sculpture)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque artwork ⓘ altar sculpture ⓘ sculptural reliquary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chair of Saint Peter ⓘ
architecturalContext	Bernini's redesign of the apse of St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
artStyle	theatrical Baroque ⓘ
commissionedBy	Pope Innocent X ⓘ Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
creator	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Saint Peter
depicts	God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: Dove of the Holy Spirit Ambrose of Milan ⓘ surface form: Saint Ambrose Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Saint Athanasius Augustine of Hippo ⓘ surface form: Saint Augustine John Chrysostom ⓘ surface form: Saint John Chrysostom Throne of Saint Peter ⓘ
endTime	1653 ⓘ
function	reliquary for the relic of the Chair of Saint Peter ⓘ
genre	liturgical furnishing ⓘ religious sculpture ⓘ
hasArtisticFeature	illusionistic space ⓘ integration of sculpture, architecture, and light ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ
hasPart	bronze throne casing ⓘ glory of angels and rays of light ⓘ oval alabaster window ⓘ sculptural group of four Doctors of the Church ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Vatican City ⓘ
influencedBy	Counter-Reformation ⓘ surface form: Counter-Reformation aesthetics
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ gilded stucco ⓘ marble ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
positionInBuilding	apse of St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	unveiling in 1653 ⓘ
startTime	1647 ⓘ
symbolizes	doctrinal authority of the Church ⓘ papal authority ⓘ
usesVisualEffect	dramatic light effects ⓘ dynamic drapery ⓘ gilded rays of light ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Peter's Basilica → containsWork → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Confessio of Saint Peter → associatedWith → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baldachin of St. Peter

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → notableWork → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Peter’s Baldachin

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → designed → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Peter’s Baldachin

Galleria Borghese → hasCollectionItem → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Throne of Saint Peter → enshrinedWithin → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernini’s Cathedra Petri sculpture

Throne of Saint Peter → iconographyIncludes → Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doctors of the Church (in Bernini’s sculpture)