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Function: Catholic church, originally dedicated to Saint Paul.
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Form: So named because it is on a street intersection in Rome with four fountains.
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Function: It was built as part of a complex of monastic buildings for the Spanish Trinitarians, an order of religious dedicated to freeing Christian slaves.
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Patronage: Stage-like setting with the patrons, members of the Cornaro family, sitting in theater boxes looking on and commenting.
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Function and Patronage: One of three paintings illustrating the life of Saint Matthew in a chapel dedicated to him by the Contarelli family.
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Function: Painting originally hung in King Philip IV’s study.
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Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici
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Function: Not for general sale but for private purposes.
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Chapter 18: Art of New Spain: Spanish Colonies in the Americas