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ID: 700021419
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700021419
Record Type: Built Work
San Pietro Baldacchino (baldachin (canopy); Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680); Borromini, Francesco (159...; 1633; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...)
Note: Located in: Rome, Italy; large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica, marking the location of the tomb Saint Peter
Titles:
San Pietro Baldacchino (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N,Italian-P,,N)
Baldacchino, San Pietro in Vaticano (C,U,undetermined,,N)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
baldachin (canopy) [300003762] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, membrane structures, rooflike enclosing structures, canopies (structural elements))

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1633

Creator Display:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680); Borromini, Francesco (1599-1667) [preferred,BWR]
architect Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022]
Borromini, Francesco (Italian architect, 1599-1667) [500028306]
Locations:
Current: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: +41.9,+12.4833; Rome, Italy
Display Materials: bronze
bronze (metal) [300010957]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: height: 28.74 m (94.3 ft)
Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Baroque [300021147] (preferred,)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
............... Vatican Complex
.................... Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Sources and Contributors:
San Pietro Baldacchino........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3785988
Baldacchino, San Pietro in Vaticano........ [BWR,VP]
........ BWR database (2010-)
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3785988
....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3785988
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 30496
....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U32227
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3785988
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