Memorial to Ippolito Merenda
The Memorial to Ippolito Merenda is a funerary monument designed by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini between 1636 and 1638. Along with the similar monument for Alessandro Valtrini, this artwork was a startling new approach to funerary monuments, incorporating dynamic, flowing inscriptions being dragged by a moving figure of death. [1] It is in the church of San Giacomo della Lungara in Rome.
Merenda was a from Cesena in Emilia Romagna. He left a bequest to San Giacomo della Lungara (of 20,000 Roman scudi) on his death in 1636. One of the nephews of the then pope Urban VIII, Cardinal Francesco Barberini, then commissioned the monument from Bernini in recognition of Merenda's contribution. [2]
References
- Notes
- ^ Wittkower, p 210
- ^ Judith E. Bernstock The Art Bulletin Vol. 63, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 210-232 Published by: College Art Association Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050113
- Bibliography
- Wittkower, Rudolf. Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
- Judith E. Bernstock, The Art Bulletin, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 210-232, Published by: College Art Association, Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050113