1955 height 220cm

Under the balcony and above the entrance to the narthex is the bas relief of Christ giving the keys to St. Peter by Ambrogio Buonvicino.

We enter the 19th century via the sculpture of Anita Garibaldi on horseback with baby in one arm and pistol in the other, as she charges forward to fight with her husband for the unification of Italy. Statue on the Janiculum hill.

The entry loggia. It's the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche (in Farnesina)

Also in the Pauline chapel is Michelangelo's crucifixion of St. Peter. (Both Pauline chapel images from books)

Note the typical 19th century Protestant liturgical arrangement with the high central pulpit with the communion table down below with the pipes of the organ surmounting all. Unlike Dutch Calvinists of the period there is ...

Close up of the head of Apollo of Veii.