CAPPELLA SPADA

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Title	CAPPELLA SPADA
View	Frontal view of the altar rail (the altar rail is a communal cloth, by Antonio Giorgetti, a pupil of Bernini)
Notes	religious
Work Type	chapel sculpture art in public
Style/Period	Baroque
Creator Name	Spada, Virgilio
Creator Nationality	Italian
Date.Creator Birth	1596
Date.Creator Death	1662
Contributors to Project	altar frontal (communion cloth) is by Antonio Giorgetti, medallions by others; Virgilio's brother Bernardo Spada assisted in the project.
Elements & Spatial Types	altar altar rail communion cloth angel
Climate Type	Mediterranean
Country	Italy
City	Rome
State/Province	Lazio
Alternate Place Names	San Girolamo della Carita
Location.Notes	via di Monserrato
Architectural Material	marble
Art Medium	marble
Structural System	bearing masonry
Patron	Spada family
Dates	1654-1657
Century	17C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Subject Information	The most remarkable feature of the chapel is the 'altar-rail' formed of two marable angels carrying a heavy piece of drapery - composed of sheets of jasper so ingeniously fitted together that at first sight the 'shroud' seems to be a single solid piece of the material. This is the work of Antonio Giorgetti, a pupil of Bernini. Source: Anthony Blunt, Guide to Baroque Rome, pp 59.
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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