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Dome of St. Peter's

ArtistMichelangelo
Artist Info.Italy 1475-1564
ViewOverall view
SiteRome
LocationItaly
Date1588-90
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodItalian Renaissance
OriginSculpture above facade added in early 18th c
Add'l. Info.By Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana
Saskia No.Lib-0100
SourceHartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 23, plate 8
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 20, plate 683