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Filippo Juvarra's Drawings - The coat of arms of Innocentius XI by Carlo Maratti in St Peter's


This is one of the few coats of arms of this pope one can see in Rome. He had to follow a tight budget policy to remedy the follies of the past. The family of Innocentius XI (Odescalchi) is still one of the most prominent in Rome. At the end of the XVIIth century and until his death in 1713, Carlo Maratti was the most acclaimed painter in Rome to the point that he was asked to design the papal monument to Innocentius XI. It is uncertain to what extent Pierre Monnot, who was actually in charge of the execution of the monument, followed Maratti's advice, anyhow Juvarra attributed to Maratti the coat of arms of the pope. In the background of this page the relief of the monument showing the Liberation of Vienna which occurred in 1683, during the pontificate of Innocentius XI. The monument is located in the left nave.



Plate 1: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Porta Pia - Coat of arms of Pius IV
Plate 2: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Statue of Marco Aurelio - Coat of arms of Rome
Plate 3: Donato Bramante - Palazzo della Cancelleria - Coat of arms of Leo X (lost)
Plate 4: Michelangelo Buonarroti - Palazzo Farnese - Coat of arms of Paulus III
Plate 5: Domenico Fontana - Mostra dell'Acqua Felice - Coat of arms of Sixtus V
Plate 7: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Alexander VII in the Chair of St Peter
Plate 8: Francesco Borromini - Palazzo Barberini - Coat of arms of Urbanus VIII
Plate 9: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Propaganda Fide College - Coat of arms of Urbanus VIII>
Plates 10 and 26: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Colonnade of St Peter's Square - Coats of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 13: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - S. Andrea al Quirinale - Coat of arms of Innocentius X
Plates 15 and 18: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Fountain of the Four Rivers - Coats of arms of Innocentius X
Plate 16: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Statue of the Veronica in St Peter's - Coat of arms of Urbanus VIII
Plate 17: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 20: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Canopy of St Peter's - Coat of arms of Urbanus VIII
Plate 24: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Fountain at the Spanish Steps - Coat of arms of Urbanus VIII
Plates 27, 30 and 31: Francesco Borromini - St. John in Lateran - Coat of arms of Innocentius X
Plate 28: Francesco Borromini - Church in the Propaganda Fide Palace - Coat of arms of Alexander VII
Plate 32: Pietro da Cortona - St. Luca - Coat of arms of Urbanus VIII
Plate 33: Alessandro Algardi - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Leo XI
Plate 34: Alessandro Algardi - St. Nicola da Tolentino - Coat of arms of Innocentius X (family coat of arms)
Plate 36: Carlo Fontana - Piazza di S. Maria in Trastevere - Coat of arms of Innocentius XII
Plate 37: Francesco Fontana - Cortile della Pigna - Coat of arms of Clemens XI
Plate 39: Francesco Fontana - Chiesa de' SS. Apostoli - Coat of arms of Clemens XI
Plate 43: Carlo Maratti - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Innocentius XI
Plate 44: Martino Lunghi - Borghese Palace - Coat of arms of Paulus V
Plate 46: Carlo Rainaldi - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Innocentius X
Plate 48: Angelo Rossi - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Alexander VIII

Note: Plate 41: unknown author - St Peter's - Coat of arms of Gregorius XIII (lost) can be seen in a page devoted to this pope.