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Otto Colonna was born in Rome in 1368, and the 11 of November 1417 at the Council of Constance was elected as Pope Martin V, after the voluntary renunciation of the papacy of Gregory XII, and after the said council had deposed John XXIII and the…

This work of sculpture certainly belongs to the good of the century 'art, wanting to argue it from its simple style and correct. We saw the Rasponi and Crescimbeni cited by Valentini (Illus. the four Bas.) But we could not find the author's name. A…

There are three monuments. The first is a memory burial Alberto Strozzi Mantua, who died in 1553, operates all of white marble, simple but beautiful in its proportions and with the portrait of the deceased in a bust in full relief. The last Butigella…

The year 1504 went up and this monument to the memory of learned and upright magistrate Pietro da Vicenza, for care of the 'grieving sister Margaret. This man is remembered with praise worthy in the works of many writers (contemporanci) him, insomuch…

Of the four existing monuments of the Cloister of S. Augustine, as we said in the Table LXI, this is the third dedicated to the memory of the learned Cardinal Jacopo Ammannati, distinguished patron of the arts and sciences, and he himself not the…

Entering the church of S. Marcello, in the third chapel on the right hand you see the altar that we give in this table. The chapel contains, provided in 1562 by Monsignor Griffins and finished in ornate in 1607 by Cav. John Matthew his kinsman, since…

To enter the Cloister of S. Augustine, if a tired hand turns, the show is facing four monuments, the penultimate of which we will describe below (Table LXIII.) And the last is dedicated to the memory of Constance Piccolomini, whose son speaks very…

Where there stands the church of S. Pietro in Vincula willed to pious tradition have made wall the first church in Rome, the Prince of the Apostles, and dedicated to SS. Savior. However this may be that, it is certain that the fire of Nero razed the…

Everyone will want to know that you have added to this table detail of the altar described above. When we met in works really stunning, and of which it is useful to know what the right proportions of the moldings and the development of the ornamental…

The interior of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo changed shape at the time of Bernini, who was an architect invited to direct its work. He among many beautiful things that (vi operò) knew not to deserve universal approval in substituting…