Memorial to Ippolito Merenda [SEP] creator
Memorial to Ippolito Merenda
The Memorial to Ippolito Merenda is a funerary monument designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1636 and 1638. Along with the similar monument for Alessandro Valtrini, this artwork was a startling new approach to funerary monuments, incorporating dynamic, flowing inscriptions being dragged by a moving figure of death. It is in the church of San Giacomo alla Lungara in Rome.
Merenda was from Cesena in Emilia Romagna. He left a bequest to San Giacomo della Lungara (of 20,000 Roman scudi) on his
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- Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (II), Administrator (19 Mar 1550 – 18 Nov 1551 Resigned)
- Cardinal Giulio della Rovere, Administrator (18 Nov 1551 – 12 Sep 1552 Resigned)
- Cardinal Giovanni Gerolamo Morone, Administrator (12 Sep 1552 – 13 Mar 1560 Resigned)
- Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (13 Mar 1560 – 1574 Resigned)
- Romolo Archinto (26 Apr 1574 – 4 Sep 1576 Died)
- Gerolamo Ragazzoni (19