San Giovanni in Laterano


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Tomb of Cardinal Bernardino Caracciolo
The tomb is a fragment from a larger composition. Borromini salvaged the recumbent effigy and installed it on a sarcophagus of his design, which has incurved sides. Two lions are sheltering under the sarcophagus, which is flanked by two pairs of pink alabaster Doric columns supporting a red marble cornice which curves under the window.

(Photo borrowed from internet)
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