Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, mosaic by Pietro Paolo Cristofari after the painting of Domenichino. Pietro Paolo Cristofari (1685–1743) was a late-Baroque Italian mosaicist active in Rome , and the son of Fabio Cristofari . He became the first director of the Vatican mosaic studio, responsible for decorating the domes and altars in St. Peter's Basilica .[ 1] Giovanni Francesco Romanelli , Guercino , Domenichino , and Nicolas Poussin .[ 1]
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^ a b F. R. DiFederico, (1983), The Mosaics of Saint Peter's Decorating the New Basilica , University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, pp. 18; 28–29.
