Elephant and obelisk sculpture (Il Pulcino della Minerva), in front of the Pantheon, Rome

RIBA Ref No RIBA113120

Architect/Designer	Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680)
	Ferrata, Ercole (1610-1686)
Artist/Photographer	Smith, Edwin (1912-1971)
Country	Italy
City	Rome
Subject Date	1667
Image Date	1963
View	Exterior
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	ESP/ROM/392
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections
Subject	Obelisks ; Statues

NOTES: Il Pulcino della Minerva, an elephant based sculpture supporting one of the eleven Egyptian obelisks in Rome, was designed by Bernini and executed by his pupil Ercole Ferrata in 1667.

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