Italy 2012 / 20120605zl_VaticanBaldacchinoDetail Ruth Milner, rmilner plus web at bookofmarvels dot net 3/18/2013

Baldacchino Columns, St. Peter's Zoom view of two of the columns supporting the canopy of the Baldacchino. More cherubs. They look like they're simply frolicking among the gilded vines, but they're actually chasing bees, which were a family symbol of Pope Urban VIII, who commissioned the work from Bernini.