Rome. Italy. Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo. The Chigi Chapel (La Cappella Chigi). The Creation of the World, mosaic executed by Luigi da Pace aft

Rome. Italy. Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo. The Chigi Chapel (La Cappella Chigi). The Creation of the World, mosaic executed by Luigi da Pace after a design by Raphael (1516). Banker Agostino Chigi commissioned Raphael to design and decorate a funerary chapel for him around 1512–1514. The chapel is a treasure trove of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and is considered among the most important monuments in the basilica. The dome of the centralized octagonal chapel is decorated with Raphael's mosaics, the Creation of the World. The statues of Jonah and Elijah were carved by Lorenzetto. The chapel was later completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Fabio Chigi. His additions include the sculptures of Habakkuk and the Angel and Daniel and the Lion.