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The Early History of Sant'Andrea della Valle

1961; College Art Association; Volume: 43; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3047970

1559-6478

Howard Hibbard,

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

AbstractSant'Andrea Della Valle is the most significant Roman church designed during the two generations that lie between Vignola's Gesù and Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.1 Architecturally, its most magnificent feature is the dome, designed by Maderno and Borromini in the early 1620's. Artistically, the church is even more famous for the fresco decorations by Domenichino and Lanfranco, the respective masterpieces of these famous rivals. Visually, the church is at least notable to passers-by for Carlo Rainaldi's façade of 1660–1665. But with respect to historical significance, the church may well be most commanding because of its impressive nave (Fig. 1). That part of the church was begun in the 1590's and, according to Giovanni Baglione, was designed by one Pietro Paolo Olivieri, "sculptor and architect." Baglione states that Olivieri