# Tomb of Cardinal Giovanni Gerolamo Albani

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PARACCA, Giovanni Antonio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paracca-giovanni-antonio-r188e68ae14782d>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

Giovanni Gerolamo Albani \(1509-1591\) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal of Albanian descent. He participated in the papal conclave of 1572 that elected Pope Gregory XIII and that of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V. His monument in Santa Maria del Popolo is linked to the tombs in the Cappella Sistina in Santa Maria Maggiore and reveals an opening to the novelties of the new generation of sculptors, in particular to Nicolas Cordier to whom the tomb was also attributed in the past.

## Related artworks

- [Sixtus V&#39;s Temporal Goverment with Justice and Peace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paracca-giovanni-antonio-r188e68ae14782d/sixtus-vs-temporal-goverment-with-justice-and-peace-r8e5e1156e7e742>)
- [Statue of Sixtus V](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paracca-giovanni-antonio-r188e68ae14782d/statue-of-sixtus-v-rb49247f84c0139>)

## Attribution

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