St Peters basilica - Monument to Benedict XIV

St Peters basilica -
Monument to Benedict XIV, built in 1769 by Bracci, which refers back to the late Baroque tradition, introducing the novelty of a Pope standing and blessing his flock with a rather declamatory gesture. More convincing, as often is the case in these works, are the lateral statues of Wisdom, by Bracci himself, in memory of the erudition of the Pope, and Gaspare Sibilia's Unselfishness, shown refusing the gifts brought by a small putto.

With a simple pyramid-shaped arrangement, based on the upper central opening, Bracci created a work with classical compositional essentiality, returning, however, to the 17th-century preference for multi-colored designs, which is also evident in the large niche that contains the sepulcher.