# Monument of Pope Gregory XV

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MONNOT, Pierre Etienne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monnot-pierre-etienne-r030c836c2d64be>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

Although executed in the first decade of the eighteenth century, this monument belongs to the High Baroque period. With its sumptuous display of coloured marble, it is the work of Pierre Le Gros the Younger and Pierre-Étienne Monnot. The billowing of coloured fabrics evokes the mystery of sculpture ranging beyond the limits of its usual language, intent on the spells of wonder and optical illusionism.

## Related artworks

- [Andromeda and the Sea Monster](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monnot-pierre-etienne-r030c836c2d64be/andromeda-and-the-sea-monster-r0a8dee25c977ff>)
- [St Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monnot-pierre-etienne-r030c836c2d64be/st-paul-r7c0f447a891dba>)
- [St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monnot-pierre-etienne-r030c836c2d64be/st-peter-r3b9b10c1986475>)
- [Tomb of Pope Innocent XI](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monnot-pierre-etienne-r030c836c2d64be/tomb-of-pope-innocent-xi-ree4bbdbc493227>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)