San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande


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Cappella Rospigliosi-Pallavicini
The memorials on the side walls are Baroque at its best. The design of the matching pair was by Michetti, and the sculptural work was by Giuseppe Mazzuoli. Each has a black marble sarcophagus with gilded bronze fittings, on a plinth of green verde antico and red Sicilian jasper with the epitaph in black marble. The sarcopagus is flanked by two white marble sculptures of female allegorical virtues, and above are two portrait busts in jasper tondi, on a background of alabaster, purple veined, verde antico and yellow marbles. The busts are guarded by a bronze skeleton with gilded wings. The skeletons are by Michele Garofolino.

Related links:  Giuseppe Mazzuoli (1644-1725)