Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini)

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Baroque artwork architectural sculpture baldachin liturgical furnishing

The Baldachin of St. Peter's is Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental bronze canopy over the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, a masterpiece of Baroque sculpture and architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Baldacchino di San Pietro	1
Baldacchino in St. Peter's Basilica	1
St. Peter's Baldachin	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque artwork ⓘ architectural sculpture ⓘ baldachin ⓘ liturgical furnishing ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) ⓘ surface form: Baldacchino di San Pietro Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) ⓘ surface form: St. Peter's Baldachin
associatedWith	Counter-Reformation ⓘ surface form: Counter-Reformation Catholicism
coDesigner	Francesco Borromini NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Pope Urban VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate	1633 ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
creator	Gian Lorenzo Bernini NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Saint Peter
features	Barberini bees decoration ⓘ crowning cross and orb ⓘ draped bronze canopy ⓘ four twisted Solomonic columns ⓘ laurel leaves decoration ⓘ putti and angels ⓘ spiral fluted shafts ⓘ
function	canopy over the high altar ⓘ marker of the tomb of Saint Peter ⓘ
height	approximately 28.5 metres ⓘ approximately 93 feet ⓘ
iconography	papal coat of arms of the Barberini family ⓘ surface form: Barberini family heraldry symbols of the papacy ⓘ
influencedBy	Solomonic columns of Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ traditional cloth baldachins ⓘ
locatedAbove	Confessio of Saint Peter ⓘ St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: papal high altar of St. Peter's Basilica
locatedIn	St. Peter's Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ gilded bronze ⓘ marble ⓘ
movement	Italian Baroque ⓘ surface form: Roman Baroque
partOf	interior decoration of St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
patronage	Barberini family NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	17th century ⓘ
significance	first major commission of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ landmark work of Baroque sculpture and architecture ⓘ
startDate	1624 ⓘ
style	Baroque ⓘ
usedFor	major Catholic ceremonies at St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ papal liturgies ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) → alsoKnownAs → Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baldacchino di San Pietro

Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) → alsoKnownAs → Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Peter's Baldachin

Barberini bees → appearsOn → Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baldacchino in St. Peter's Basilica

Pope Urban VIII → commissionedWork → Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) ⓘ