Papal Altar with Bernini's baldacchino, St Peter's, Rome

Papal Altar with Bernini's baldacchino (canopy), 1633, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. The mainly bronze, partly gilt altar is Bernini's first work in St. Peter's. In the background stands the Cathedra Petri, Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, created by Bernini in 1666, with four gigantic statues of Doctors of the Church: St. Ambrose, St. Anthanasius (left); and St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine (right) Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Alabaster Ambrose Apse Augustine Baldacchino Bernini Canopy Chrysostom Clement Ecclesiastical Gian Lorenzo Maderno Papal Papale Petri Pontifical Sancti Vatican Vaticano

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