# Statue of Pope Paul V [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORDIER, Nicolas]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary Cordier also produced models for casting in bronze, which demonstrate both freedom and finesse in their handling. In 1604 he made the grille for the principal altar in St Peter's \(in situ, but rearranged\). His colossal bronze statues of Henry IV of France \(1606-09; Rome, San Giovanni in Laterano\) and Paul V \(1611-14; Rimini, Piazza Cavour\), with their lively gestures and meticulous treatment of contrasting surface detail, are among his most impressive works. The statue on Piazza Cavour dates back to 1613 but its current headdress was restored only in 1890. In fact, fearing retaliation by the Napoleonic army, in 1800 the original tiara was replaced with the mitre and the inscription was replaced with another indicating the figure represented San Gaudenzio di Rimini, patron saint of Rimini, not a pontiff. ## Related artworks - [Bust of St Peter]() - [Bust of the Emperor Antoninus Pius]() - [Funerary monument to Lesa Deti]() - [Gypsy Girl \(Zingarella\)]() - [St Sebastian]() - [Statue of Aaron]() - [Statue of Henri IV]() - [Statue of King David]() - [Statue of Pope Paul V]() - [Statue of Pope Paul V]() - [Statue of St Gregory the Great]() - [Statue of St Sylvia]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()