# Design for the Tomb of Pope Alexander VII [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Pen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite on laid paper mounted on paperboard, 233 x 168 mm ## Commentary Design for the Tomb of Pope Alexander VII c. 1670 Pen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite on laid paper mounted on paperboard, 233 x 168 mm Museum of Art, Philadelphia This drawing shows a design for the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1670/alex.html'\)" href="/html/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1670/alex.html">Tomb of Pope Alexander VII</a> in St Peter's, Rome. The tomb was executed after the Pope' death in 1667 by a large group of sculptors headed by Bernini. ## Related artworks - [A portrait of a Man]() - [A seated male nude]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius \(detail\)]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Altar Cross]() - [Angel]() - [Angel with the Column]() - [Angel with the Crown of Thorns]() - [Angel with the Superscription]() - [Angels on Ponte Sant'Angelo]() - [Apollo and Daphne \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()