ABSTRACT
SincetheBarberinicoatofarmshasasetofthreebeesasitscentralelement,works commissionedbyPopeUrbanVIIIincludethefamilycoatofarmsandoccasionallybeesinavarietyoflessformalroles.ThehandlingofbeesonBernini'stombfor thepopeintheapseofSaintPeter'sisnonethelessdistinctiveandcallsforinterpretation(Fig.13-1).
