# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORTONA, Pietro da]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary It was Pietro da Cortona's task to provide a façade for an existing building with his design for the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata \(now Via del Corso\). In his design, Cortona retained the classical idiom of the façade of Santa Maria della Pace. He planned two complete storeys, but the central area remained open. He used massive structures to flank the portico on the ground floor and the loggia above it. This structure is surmounted by an oversized tympanum. The picture shows the façade of the church. At left, part of the Palazzo Doria \(built by Gabriele Valvassori\) can be seen. ## Related artworks - [Age of Bronze]() - [Age of Iron]() - [Apotheose of Aeneas \(detail\)]() - [Augustus and the Sibyl]() - [Ceiling fresco in the Sala di Saturno]() - [Ceiling of the Galleria Pamphilj]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling painting]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()