Santa Maria Maggiore


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The next memorial is to Cardinal Mariano Pierbenedetti, a good example of polychrome marble Baroque. White, black, yellow and pavonazzetto marbles are used. A pair of Ionic columns in a pinkish marble supports a segmental pediment with a broken cornice. The portrait bust has a white marble head set on a porphyry torso, in imitation of an ancient fashion.
(Plan location #16)
Related links:  Mariano Pierbenedetti (1538-1611)