  What's New! Detailed Sitemap All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it. Text edited by Rosamie Moore. | Filippo Juvarra's Drawings - The coat of arms of Alexander VII by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the hospital of S. Spirito in Sassia The hospital of S. Spirito in Sassia founded at the beginning of the XIIIth century by Pope Innocent III, was rebuilt towards the end of the XVth century by Pope Sixtus IV. Pope Alexander VII in 1664 asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini to design new entrances to the hospital: the entrance in Borgo S. Spirito still exists, while the entrance from Via della Lungara is lost. Giovanni Battista Falda was the most famous engraver of Roman views of the XVIIth century and he left a view of this entrance. The coat of arms of Alexander VII shown in the view by G. B. Falda is different from that shown in his book by Filippo Juvarra, but the details of the design coincide. In the background of this page you can see a current picture of the hospital which in the 1940s was given a XVth century look.
Plates by Filippo Juvarra: Plate 1: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Porta Pia - Coat of arms of Pius IV Plate 2: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Statue of Marco Aurelio - Coat of arms of Rome Plate 3: Donato Bramante - Palazzo della Cancelleria - Coat of arms of Leo X (lost) Plate 4: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Palazzo Farnese - Coat of arms of Paul III Plate 5: Domenico Fontana - Mostra dell'Acqua Felice - Coat of arms of Sixtus V Plate 7: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Alexander VII in the Chair of St Peter Plate 8: Francesco Borromini - Palazzo Barberini - Coat of arms of Urban VIII Plate 9: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Propaganda Fide College - Coat of arms of Urban VIII Plates 10 and 26: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Colonnade of St Peter's Square - Coats of arms of Alexander VII Plate 13: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Andrea al Quirinale - Coat of arms of Innocent X Plates 15 and 18: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Fountain of the Four Rivers - Coats of arms of Innocent X Plate 16: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Statue of the Veronica in St Peter's - Coat of arms of Urban VIII Plate 17: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Alexander VII Plate 20: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Canopy of St Peter's - Coat of arms of Urban VIII Plate 24: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Fountain at the Spanish Steps - Coat of arms of Urban VIII Plate 25: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Hospital of S. Spirito in Sassia - Coat of arms of Alexander VII Plates 27, 30 and 31: Francesco Borromini - St. John in Lateran - Coat of arms of Innocent X Plate 28: Francesco Borromini - Church in the Propaganda Fide Palace - Coat of arms of Alexander VII Plate 32: Pietro da Cortona - St. Luca - Coat of arms of Urban VIII Plate 33: Alessandro Algardi - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Leo XI Plate 34: Alessandro Algardi - St. Nicola da Tolentino - Coat of arms of Innocent X (family coat of arms) Plate 36: Carlo Fontana - Piazza di S. Maria in Trastevere - Coat of arms of Innocent XII Plate 37: Francesco Fontana - Cortile della Pigna - Coat of arms of Clement XI Plate 39: Francesco Fontana - Chiesa de' SS. Apostoli - Coat of arms of Clement XI Plate 43: Carlo Maratti - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Innocent XI Plate 44: Martino Lunghi - Borghese Palace - Coat of arms of Paul V Plate 46: Carlo Rainaldi - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Innocent X Plate 48: Angelo Rossi - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Alexander VIII Note: Plate 41: unknown author - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Gregory XIII (lost) can be seen in a page devoted to this pope. |
