Showing posts with label Gaspare De Vecchi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaspare De Vecchi. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

St. SAVIOR IN THE MONTI NEIGHBORHOOD

S. SALVATORE AI MONTI
Via Madonna dei Monti 38

Mentioned for the first time by the sources in 1192
It was completely destroyed by fire during the sack of Rome in 1527
Rebuilt in the second half of the sixteenth century
Restored in 1625 and in 1762 by Antonio Asprucci (1723/1808) for Cardinal Odescalchi
Last renovation in 1904 for Pius X Sarto (1903/14)
INTERIOR
In the counter façade “Wooden choir” of 1762
Lunette above the MAIN ALTAR “Saviour between two Neophytes” 1904 by Wolfgango Conti
On the right wall “Tomb of the painter Agostino Masucci (1691/1758)” with a portrait of the painter maybe by his son Lorenzo Masucci (?/1785)

COLLEGE OF THE NEOPHYTES
To the left of the church
1635 Gaspare De Vecchi (active 1628/1643)
The neophytes were Jews or Muslims who had converted to Christianity

Monday, October 5, 2015

BERNINI PALACES

PALAZZI BERNINI


PALACE at No. 11

Maybe by Gaspare De Vecchi (active 1628/1643) and Pier Paolo Drei

Home of the great Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598/1680) where he lived most of his life and where he died

Formerly known as Palazzo Naro (Naro Palace) and bought in 1641 by Pietro Bernini, Gian Lorenzo's father

PALACE AT No. 12

Bernini's studio with “Plaque and bust of Bernini” 1892 by Ettore Ferrari (1845/1929) which should have really been placed at No. 11