Vatican City
Rome Italy
2016

(Aug 17, 1740-May 3, 1758) Prospero Lambertini
by Pietro Bracci, 1769

http://stpetersbasilica.info/Monuments/BenedictXIV/BenedictXIV.htm

The pope is represented rising from his throne to give his blessing; below there are allegorical statues of Sacred Wisdom (left) and Disinterestedness (right), carved by Gaspare Sibilla.

The first figure holds a book in her right hand and has a gilded sun on her breast. The second is flanked by a stout little angel who is vainly proffering a cornucopia filled with jewels and money.

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.


https://www.walksinrome.com/a-guide-to-st-peters-basilica.html

St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in the world. It stands above the spot where St Peter is thought to have been buried. The basilica is the second church to have been erected here; the first was built by Emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306-337) between 324 and 329.