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Study Drawing
of the Statue2
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St. Elizabeth
of Portugal-
b. 1271, Kingdom of Aragon
d. 4 July 1336, Kingdom of Portugal
Feastday
- 4 July
Canonied
- 25 May 1625 by Pope Urban VIII
Statue
Created - 1667-68
Statue
Installed - The statue is one of the group of sixteen erected
between July and December 1668
Sculptor
- Lazzaro
Morelli
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Restored
- 1794 Stucco on the base
(Stuccature alla statua ed al plinto)
(ARF, II piano, serie 5, vol. 27, fasc. 77, n. 64)
The statue
of St Elizabeth is closely allied in terms of iconography
and formality with those of St Clair and St Catherine of Siena.
These show the artist Morelli modeling a wide range of moves
with large expansive folds.
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Saints Agatha and Elizabeth
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Saints Elizabeth and Albert
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North Colonnade Saints
Clair, Ursula, Agatha, Elizabeth, Albert
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Sources:
1Roma Sacra - San Pietro in Vaticano, Itineraries 21-22, ©Fabbrica
of St. Peter's, July 2001
2Le statue berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro, ©1987 by de Luca
Editore s.t.l.
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