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Crucifix Chapel
Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen
Date: 1824
• The work is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Ercole Consalvi
• Cardinal Consalvi (1757-1824) was secretary to Pope Pius VII (1800-1823)
• The heart of Cardinal Consalvi is contained in the monument although he is buried in S. Marcello. This was his titular church
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