A Little-Known Work by Bernini

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Funerary Monument to Ippolito Merenda by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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The small 17th century church of San Giacomo alla Lungara is home to what must be the most overlooked work by the great Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) in the whole of Rome. 

Bernini's funerary monument to Ippolito Merenda takes the form of a winged skeleton clutching a crumpled sheet with its hands and teeth. The sheet sports the epigraph to the deceased. 

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San Giacomo alla Lungara