# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORTONA, Pietro da]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The church Santi Luca e Martina is situated between the Roman Forum and the Forum of Caesar in Rome. From 1577 it belonged to the Accademia di San Luca, the academy of painters, sculptors and architects in Rome. In 1635 Cardinal Francesco Barberini, protector of the church, ordered the rebuilding of the church from Pietro da Cortona's plan. In 1644 the building was completed and the interior was finished in 1650. The picture shows a view across the Forum. ## 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]()