Tomb of Cardinal Cinzio Aldobrandini
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In the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome is the tomb monument of Cardinal Cinzio Aldobrandini (1551–1610) designed by architect Carlo Bizzaccheri (1656–1721) and French sculptor Pierre Le Gros the Younger (1666–1719). It features a winged skeleton representing death wearing a shroud and wings while holding a scythe. A pair of putti are at the top the monument. The white-marble sculptural elements are by Le Gros. The tomb monument was erected by Prince Giovanni Battista Pamphili Aldobrandini (1648–1709) and completed between 1705 and 1707.
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San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
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Funerary monument, Tomb, Momento Mori, Cardinal, Coat of Arms
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Melissa Gross, Jennifer E. Gear, and Wendy M. Sepponen, “Using represented bodies in Renaissance artworks to teach musculoskeletal and surface anatomy,” Anatomical Sciences Education 17, no. 1 (2023): 24–38; Skip Conde, “San Pietro in Vincoli,” Churches of Rome, http://www.churches-of-rome.info/CoR_Info/SPV%20035/035-SPinVincoli.pdf.