# View of the Cornaro Chapel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Marble, stucco, gilt bronze

## Commentary

The setting of Bernini&#39;s group consists of a carefully articulated variety of stones retrieved from ancient ruins in Rome \(some twenty different kinds, including jasper, breccia, alabaster, lapis lazuli, red marble from France and black from Flanders\), which go to constitute a theatre of salvation.

## Related artworks

- [A portrait of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/a-portrait-of-a-man-rcd6456870010a7>)
- [A seated male nude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/a-seated-male-nude-r95def2c1ae0990>)
- [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/aeneas-anchises-and-ascanius-detail-r6353e2b4bf0b5f>)
- [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/aeneas-anchises-and-ascanius-r034a6798d89496>)
- [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/aeneas-anchises-and-ascanius-r8051ec5b19ca71>)
- [Altar Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/altar-cross-r8043ef70cbd06c>)
- [Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/angel-rce37c3cf689fbf>)
- [Angel with the Column](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/angel-with-the-column-r72e64836352804>)
- [Angel with the Crown of Thorns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/angel-with-the-crown-of-thorns-r7e197ca9d30f04>)
- [Angel with the Superscription](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/angel-with-the-superscription-r478c60c10ea4ab>)
- [Angels on Ponte Sant&#39;Angelo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/angels-on-ponte-santangelo-r0c00982655e4b4>)
- [Apollo and Daphne \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernini-gian-lorenzo-r66d69fece0fd36/apollo-and-daphne-detail-re490ee97127bed>)

## Attribution

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