Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622
Italy · 1598–1680
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and city planner. Bernini's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as a uomo universale or Renaissance man. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. As one scholar has commented, "What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture: the first pan-European sculptor whose name is instantaneously identifiable with a particular manner and vision, and whose influence was inordinately powerful..." In addition, he was a painter (mostly small canvases in oil) and a man of the theatre: he wrote, directed and acted in plays (mostly Carnival satires), for which he designed stage sets and theatrical machinery. He produced designs as well for a wide variety of decorative art objects, including lamps, tables, mirrors, and even coaches.
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Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622
Scottish National Gallery
Bust of Thomas Baker
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1638
Victoria and Albert Museum
Saint Sebastian
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1617
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622
Chair of Saint Peter
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1647
St. Peter's Baldachin
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1620
Damned Soul
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1619
Bust of Gabriele Fonseca
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1668
St Bibiana
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1624
Angel with the Superscription
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1667
Angel with the Crown of Thorns
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1660
Bust of Antonio Cepparelli
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622
Charity with Four Children
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1627
Vatican Museums
Neptune and Triton
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1620
Victoria and Albert Museum
Four Rivers Fountain
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1640
The Rape of Proserpina
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1624
Triton Fountain
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
11 of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's works, and what makes each one worth a look.
Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622
Scottish National Gallery
The Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo is a sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. It is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. Carlo Antonio was the Archbishop of Pisa and the uncle of the noted seventeenth-century collector, Cassiano del Pozzo, who commissioned Bernini to create the sculpture.
Bust of Thomas Baker
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1638
Victoria and Albert Museum
The bust of Thomas Baker is a 1638 marble portrait sculpture created by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, with much of the bust undertaken by a pupil of Bernini, probably Andrea Bolgi. It is currently held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, who purchased the bust in 1921 for 1480 English guineas. Baker (1606–1658) was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1657 and connected to the court of Charles I.
Saint Sebastian
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1617
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Saint Sebastian is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed in 1617 and 1618, it features the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian pinned to a tree, his flesh filled with arrows. It is smaller than life size.
Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622
Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which was executed between 1622 and 1625. It is regarded as one of the artistic marvels of the Baroque age. The statue is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, along with several other examples of the artist's most important early works.
Chair of Saint Peter
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1647
The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The relic is a wooden throne that tradition claims belonged to the Apostle Saint Peter, the leader of the Early Christians in Rome and first Pope, and which he used as Bishop of Rome.
St. Peter's Baldachin
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1620
Peter's Baldachin is a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the city-state and papal enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy. The baldachin is at the center of the crossing, and directly under the dome of the basilica.
Charity with Four Children
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1627
Vatican Museums
Charity with Four Children also called Charity With Four Putti is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed between 1627 and 1628, the work is housed in the Vatican Museums in Vatican City. The small terracotta sculpture represents Charity breast-feeding a child, with three other children playing.
Neptune and Triton
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1620
Victoria and Albert Museum
Neptune and Triton is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London and was executed c. Carved from marble, it stands 182.2 cm (71.7 in) in height.
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