Gian Lorenzo Bernini
A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in his David
Born	December 7, 1598(1598-12-07) Naples
Died	November 28, 1680 (aged 81) Rome
Occupation	sculptor, painter and architect

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Early life

Bernini was born in Naples to a capable Mannerist sculptor, Pietro Bernini, originally from Florence. At the age of seven he accompanied his father to Rome, where his father was involved in several high profile projects.^[1] There as a boy, his skill was soon noticed by the painter Annibale Carracci and by Pope Paul V, and Bernini gained the patronage exclusively under Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the pope's nephew. His first works were inspired by antique Hellenistic sculpture. For other uses see, Naples (disambiguation) and Napoli (disambiguation) Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... In Parmigianinos Madonna with the Long Neck (1534-40), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, affected poses, and unclear perspective. ... Pietro Bernini (1562 in Sesto Fiorentino, Florence—1629 in Rome) was an Italian sculptor. ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... The Flight into Egypt (1603). ... Paul V, né Camillo Borghese (Rome, September 17, 1552 – January 28, 1621) was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death. ... Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576 - October 2, 1633) was an Italian Renaissance prelate, art collector and member of the noble Borghese family. ... The Charioteer of Delphi, Delphi Archaeological Museum. ...

Rise to master sculptor

Under the patronage of the Cardinal Borghese, young Bernini rapidly rose to prominence as a sculptor. Among the early works for the cardinal were decorative pieces for the garden such as The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Zeus and a Faun, and several allegorical busts such as the Damned Soul and Blessed Soul. By the age of twenty-two years, he completed the bust of Pope Paul V. Scipione's collection in situ at the Borghese gallery chronicles his secular sculptures, with a series of masterpieces: // The Borghese Collection was a collection of Roman sculptures, old masters and modern art collected by the Borghese family. ...

• Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1619) depicts three ages of man from various viewpoints, borrowing from a figure in a Raphael fresco, and perhaps an allegory reflecting the moment when a son attains the skill of his father.

Ecstasy of St Theresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1647-1652

Marble, height 150 cm

Rome, Santa Maria della Vittoria

• The Rape of Proserpina, (1621-22) recalls Giambologna's Mannerist Rape of the Sabine Women, and displays a masterful attention to detail, including the abductor "dimpling" the woman's marble skin.
• Apollo and Daphne (1622-25) has been widely admired since Bernini's time; along with the subsequent sculpture of David it represents the introduction of a new sculptural aesthetic. It depicts the most dramatic and dynamic moment in one of Ovid's stories in his Metamorphoses. In the story, Apollo, the god of light, scolded Eros, the god of love, for playing with adult weapons. In retribution, Eros wounded Apollo with a golden arrow that induced him to fall madly in love at the sight of Daphne, a water nymph sworn to perpetual virginity, who, in addition, had been struck by Eros with a lead arrow which immunized her from Apollo's advances. The sculpture depicts the moment when Apollo finally captures Daphne, yet she has implored her father, the river god, to destroy her beauty and repel Apollo's advances by mutating her into a laurel tree. This statue succeeds at various levels: it depicts the event and also represents an elaborate conceit of sculpture. This sculpture tracks the metamorphoses of the representation in stone of a person changing into lifeless vegetation; in other words, while a sculptor's art is to change inanimate stone into animated narrative, this sculpture narrates the opposite, the moment a woman becomes a tree.
• David (1623-24) like the Apollo and Daphne, was a revolutionary sculpture for its time. Both depict movement in a way not previously attempted in stone. The biblical youth is taut and poised to rocket his projectile. Famous Davids sculpted by Bernini's Florentine predecessors had portrayed the static moment after the event; for example, the triumphant repose of Michelangelo's David or the haughty effeteness of Donatello's and Verrocchio's Davids. The twisted torso, furrowed forehead, and granite grimace of Bernini's David epitomize Baroque fixation with dynamic movement and emotion over High Renaissance stasis and classical severity. Michelangelo expressed David's heroic nature; Bernini captures the moment when he becomes a hero.

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Mature sculptural output

Rape of Proserpina

Apollo and Daphne, iconic image of baroque interest in dynamic compositions (Galleria Borghese, Rome).

Bernini's sculptural output was immense and varied. Among his other well-known sculptures: the Ecstasy of St Theresa, in the Cornaro Chapel (see Bernini's Cornaro chapel: the complete work of art found in the Baroque section), Santa Maria della Vittoria, and the now-hidden Constantine, at the base of the Scala Regia (which he designed). He helped design the Ponte Sant'Angelo, sculpting two of the angels, soon replaced by copies by his own hand, while the others were made by his pupils based on his designs. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x744, 252 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Gian Lorenzo Bernini Galleria Borghese ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x744, 252 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Gian Lorenzo Bernini Galleria Borghese ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (782x1093, 90 KB)Gianlorenzo Bernini. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (782x1093, 90 KB)Gianlorenzo Bernini. ... , by Gian Lorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of St Theresa (alternatively St Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of St Teresa) is a marble masterpiece sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which is part of his complete architectural design, construction, and decoration the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome completed... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Berninis Ecstasy of St Teresa Santa Maria della Vittoria is a church in Rome. ... The Scala Regia (Royal Staircase) is a flight of steps in the Vatican City and is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. ... Ponte SantAngelo. ...

At the end of April 1665, at the height of his fame and powers, he traveled to Paris, remaining there until November. Bernini's international popularity was such that on his walks in Paris the streets were lined with admiring crowds. Year 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

This trip, encouraged by Father Oliva, general of the Jesuits, was a reply to the repeated requests for his works by King Louis XIV. Here Bernini presented some (ultimately rejected) designs for the east front of the Louvre; his adventurous concave-convex facades were discarded in favor of the more stern and classic proposals of native Claude Perrault. Bernini soon lost favor at the French court, for he praised the art and architecture of Italy at the expense of that of France; he said that a painting by Guido Reni was worth more than all of Paris. The sole work remaining from his time in Paris is a bust of Louis XIV, which set the standard for royal portraiture for a century. The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... “Sun King” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Though Claude Perrault (Paris, 1613 - Paris, 1688) is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history. ... Autoportrait Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 Guido Reni (November 4, 1575, Calvenzano di Vergato, near Bologna - August 18, 1642, Bologna) was a prominent Italian painter of high-Baroque style. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ...

Architecture

Bernini's architectural conceits include the piazza and colonnades of St Peter's. He planned several Roman palaces: Palazzo Barberini (from 1630 on which he worked with Borromini); Palazzo Ludovisi (now Palazzo Montecitorio); and Palazzo Chigi. A piazza is an open square in a city, often used as a marketplace, found in Italy. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter, officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly called Saint Peters Basilica, is one of four major basilicas of Rome (St. ... In Palazzo Barberini, which still dominates Piazza Barberini, Rione Trevi, Rome, three great architects worked to create a harmonious whole: Carlo Maderno, who began it in 1627, his nephew and assistant Francesco Borromini, working on his first important commission, and a young sculptor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... Francesco Borromini (Bissone near Lugano, Switzerland, September 25, 1599 – August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a Baroque architect, and active in Rome alongside the more prolific papal architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... Palazzo Montecitorio The Palazzo Montecitorio, by Panini. ... Palazzo Chigi in a 17th century etching by Giuseppe Vasi The Palazzo Chigi is a palace or noble residence in Rome, overlooking the Piazza Colonna and the Corso. ...

Bernini's first architectural project was the magnificent bronze St. Peter's baldachin (1624-1633), the canopy over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica, and the façade for the church of Santa Bibiana (1624). In 1629, before the Baldacchino was complete, Urban VIII put him in charge of all the ongoing architectural works at St Peter's. He was given the commission for the Basilica's tomb of the Barberini Pope. However, due to political reasons and miscalculations in the design of bell-towers for St. Peter's, Bernini fell generally out of favor during the Pamphilj papacy of Innocent X. Never wholly without patronage, Bernini again regained a major role in the decoration of St. Peter's with the Chigi Pope Alexander VII Chigi, leading to his design of the colonnade and piazza in front of St. Peter's. The Scala Regia entrance to the Vatican and the Chair of Saint Peter (Cathedra Petri), in the apse of St. Peter's, are also some of his masterpieces. St. ... Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter, officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly called Saint Peters Basilica, is one of four major basilicas of Rome (St. ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Urban VIII, né Maffeo Barberini (April 1568 - July 29, 1644) was pope from 1623-1644. ... Alexander VII, né Fabio Chigi (February 13, 1599 – May 22, 1667) was Pope from April 7, 1655 until his death in 1667. ... The cathedra of the Pope in the apse of St. ... For other uses, see Masterpiece (disambiguation). ...

Bernini did not build many churches from scratch, preferring instead to concentrate on the embellishment of pre-existing structures. He fulfilled three commissions in the field; his stature allowed him the freedom to design the structure and decorate the interiors in coherent designs. Best known is the small oval baroque church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale which includes the statue of St. Andrew the Apostle soaring high above the aedicule framing the high altar. Bernini also designed churches in Castelgandolfo (San Tommaso da Villanova) and Ariccia (Santa Maria Assunta). SantAndrea al Quirinale (St. ... Saint Andrew (Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. ... Castel Gandolfo is a small Italian town, about 30km south-east of Rome, mostly known because it is the summer residence of the Italian) is a 17th century building designed by Carlo Maderno for Pope Urban VII. Castel Gandolfo is also known for its lake (Lago Albano). ... Ariccia is a commune in the province of Rome, in the Province of Rome of the Lazio (Latium) region. ...

Bernini was also hired by Louis XIV to build the colonnade of the Louvre in Paris, but was ultimately turned down in favor of French architect Claude Perrault, signalling the waning influence of Italian art in France. Perrault's final design did, however, include Bernini's feature of a flat roof behind a Palladian balustrade. Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Enormous colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Though Claude Perrault (Paris, 1613 - Paris, 1688) is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history. ...

Fountains in Rome

True to the decorative dynamism of Baroque, Roman fountains, part public works and part Papal monuments, were among his most gifted creations. Bernini's fountains are the Fountain of the Triton and the Barberini Fountain (Fountain of the Bees). The Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi) in the Piazza Navona is a masterpiece of spectacle and political allegory. An oft-repeated, but false, anecdote tells that one of the Bernini's river gods defers his gaze in disapproval of the facade of Sant'Agnese in Agone (designed by the talented, but less politically successful, rival Francesco Borromini). However, the fountain was built several years before the façade of the church was completed. The worlds highest fountain: King Fahds Fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Three traditional fountain features: a low jet, a pair of raised basins, and sculpture with a water theme, here hippocamps (Villa Borghese, Rome) A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons... For the fountain in Malta, see Triton Fountain (Malta). ... Detail of the Fountain of the Four Rivers The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or The Fountain of the Four Rivers, erected in 1651 in the central Roman Piazza Navona, is considered a masterpiece of public sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini. ... Fountain of the four Rivers with Egyptian obelisk, in the middle of Piazza Navona Piazza Navona is a square in Rome. ... The facade of SantAgnese from piazza Navona. ... Francesco Borromini (September 25, 1599 – August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a prominent and influential Baroque architect, and active in Rome and contemporary with the prolific papal architect and often rival, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ...

Marble portraiture

Bernini also revolutionized marble busts, lending glamorous dynamism to once stony stillness of portraiture. Starting with the immediate pose, leaning out of the frame, of bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya at Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome. The once-gregarious Cardinal Scipione Borghese, in his bust is frozen in conversation. The portrait of his alleged mistress, Costanza Buonarelli, does not portray divinity or royalty; but a woman in a moment of disheveled privacy, captured in conversation or surprise. Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576-1633) was an Italian Renaissance art collector and member of the noble Borghese family. ...

In his sculpted portraiture for more regal patrons, Bernini fashioned the windswept marble vestments and cascades of hair of Louis XIV's portrait that would suffice to elevate any face to royalty. Similar exuberance glorifies the bust of Francesco I d'Este. “Sun King” redirects here. ... Francesco I dEste. ...

Other works

Bernini in 1665, painted by Baciccio.

The grave of Bernini at Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

Another of Bernini's sculptures is known affectionately as Bernini's Chick by the Roman people. It is located in the Piazza della Minerva, in front of the church Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Pope Alexander VII decided that he wanted an ancient Egyptian obelisk to be erected in the piazza and commissioned Bernini to create a sculpture to support the obelisk. The sculpture of an elephant was finally created in 1667 by one of Bernini's students, Ercole Ferrata. One of the most interesting features of this elephant is its smile. To find out why it is smiling, the viewer must head around to the rear end of the animal and to see that its muscles are tensed and its tail is shifted to the left. Bernini sculpted the animal as if it were defecating. The animal's rear is pointed directly at the office of Father Domenico Paglia, a Dominican friar, who was one of the main antagonists of Bernini and his artisan friends, as a final salute and last word. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (770x911, 54 KB)Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Baciccio, 1665 1665 Oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale dArte Antica, Rome File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (770x911, 54 KB)Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Baciccio, 1665 1665 Oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale dArte Antica, Rome File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Baciccio, Il Baciccio, and Baciccia redirect here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (864x576, 74 KB) I took this image, and release it into the public domain - Dominic Ebacher I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (864x576, 74 KB) I took this image, and release it into the public domain - Dominic Ebacher I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Facade of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. ... Alexander VII, né Fabio Chigi (February 13, 1599 - May 22, 1667) was pope from April 7, 1655 until his death in 1667. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris For other uses, see Obelisk (disambiguation). ... A piazza is an open square in a city, often used as a marketplace, found in Italy. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Ercole Ferrata (1610-1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque school. ... Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare (Praise, Bless, Preach) Saint Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization to address the needs of his time, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities...

The death of his constant patron Urban VIII in 1644 released a horde of Bernini's rivals and marked a change in his career, but Innocent X set him back to work on the extended nave of St Peter's and commissioned the Four Rivers fountain in Piazza Navona. At the time of Innocent's death in 1655 Bernini was the aribiter of public taste in Rome. He died in Rome in 1680, and was buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Among the many who worked under his supervision were Luigi Bernini, Stefano Speranza, Giuliano Finelli, Andrea Bolgi, Filippo Parodi, Giacomo Antonio Fancelli, Lazzarro Morelli, Francesco Baratta, and Francois Duquesnoy. Among his rivals in architecture was Francesco Borromini; in sculpture, Alessandro Algardi. Diego Velazquez portrait, which Innocent X found too truthful Innocent X, né Giovanni Battista Pamphili (May 6, 1574 - January 5, 1655), Pope from 1644 to 1655, was born in Rome in 1574, attained the dignity of cardinal in 1629. ... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is the largest church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... Giuliano Finelli was an Italian Baroque sculptor who emerged from the workshop of Bernini, and when he felt slighted by the commission of Saint Helena for the Vatican, left for Naples. ... Filippo Parodi (1630–22 July 1702) was a Italian Baroque sculptor. ... François Duquesnoy (January 12, 1597 Brussels – July 12, 1643 Livorno) was a prominent Baroque sculptor in Rome. ... Francesco Borromini (September 25, 1599 – August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a prominent and influential Baroque architect, and active in Rome and contemporary with the prolific papal architect and often rival, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 - June 10, 1654), was an Italian sculptor and architect. ...

Two years after his death, Queen Christina of Sweden, then living in Rome, commissioned Filippo Baldinucci to write his biography, (translated in 1996 as The life of Bernini). Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. ... Filippo Baldinucci (1625—1697), Italian writer on the history of the arts, was born at Florence. ...

Selected works

Sculpture

Blessed Ludovica Albertoni.

• Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni (c. 1612) - Marble, life-size, Santa Prassede, Rome
• Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1614-1615) - Marble, 66 x 108 cm, Contini Bonacossi Collection, Florence
• The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun (1615) - Marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• St. Sebastian (c. 1617) - Marble, Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
• A Faun Teased by Children (1616-1617) - Marble, height 132,1 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1618-1619) - Marble, height 220 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Damned Soul (1619) - Palazzo di Spagna, Rome
• Blessed Soul (1619) - Palazzo di Spagna, Rome
• Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625) - Marble, height 243 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• St. Peter's Baldachin (1624) - Bronze, partly gilt, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Charity with Four Children (1627-1628) - Terracotta, height 39 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican
• David (1623-1624) - Marble, height 170 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Fontana della Barcaccia (1627-1628) - Marble, Piazza di Spagna, Rome
• Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya (c. 1621) - Marble, life-size, Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome
• Neptune and Triton (1620) - Marble, height 182,2 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• The Rape of Proserpina (1621-1622) - Marble, height 295 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Fontana del Tritone (1624-1643) - Travertine, over life-size, Piazza Barberini, Rome
• Tomb of Pope Urban VIII (1627-1647) - Golden bronze and marble, figures larger than life-size, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Bust of Thomas Baker (1638) - Marble, height 81,6 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Bust of Costanza Bonarelli (c. 1635) - Marble, height 70 cm, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
• Charity with Two Children (1634) - Terracotta, height 41.6 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
• Saint Longinus (1631-1638) - Marble, height 450 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Bust of Scipione Borghese (1632) - Marble, height 78 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1632) - Marble, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Bust of Pope Urban VIII (1632-1633) - Bronze, height 100 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
• Bust of Cardinal Armand de Richelieu (1640-1641) - Marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris
• Memorial to Maria Raggi (1643) - Gilt bronze and coloured marble, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
• Truth (1645-1652) - Marble, height 280 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Ecstasy of St Theresa (1647-1652) - Marble, Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
• Loggia of the Founders (1647-1652) Marble, Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
• Bust of Urban VIII - Marble, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (1648-1651) - Travertine and marble, Piazza Navona, Rome
• Corpus (sculpture) (1650) - Bronze, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
• Daniel and the Lion (1650) - Marble, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
• Francesco I d'Este (1650-1651) - Marble, height 107 cm, Galleria Estense, Modena
• Fountain of the Moor (1653-1654) - Marble, Piazza Navona, Rome
• Constantine (1654-1670) - Marble, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican City
• Daniel and the Lion (1655) - Terracotta, height 41.6 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
• Habakkuk and the Angel (1655) - Terracotta, height 52 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
• Altar Cross (1657-1661) - Gilt bronze corpus on bronze cross, height: corpus 43 cm, cross 185 cm, Treasury of San Pietro, Vatican City
• Throne of Saint Peter (1657-1666) - Marble, bronze, white and golden stucco, Basilica di San Pietro, Rome
• Statue of Saint Augustine (1657-1666) - Bronze, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Constantine (1663-1670) - Marble with painted stucco drapery, Scala Regia, Vatican Palace, Rome
• Standing Angel with Scroll (1667-1668) - Clay, terracotta, height: 29,2 cm, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge
• Angel with the Crown of Thorns (1667-1669) - Marble, over life-size, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome
• Angel with the Superscription (1667-1669) - Marble, over life-size, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome
• Elephant of Minerva (1667-1669) - Marble, Piazza di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
• Bust of Gabriele Fonseca (1668-1675) - Marble, over life-size, San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome
• Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV (1669-1670) - Terracotta, height 76 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Bust of Louis XIV (1665) - Marble, height 80 cm, Musée National de Versailles, Versailles
• Herm of St. Stephen, King of Hungary - Bronze, Cathedral Treasury, Zagreb
• Saint Jerome (1661-1663) - Marble, height 180 cm, Cappella Chigi, Duomo, Siena
• Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (1671-1678) - Marble and gilded bronze, over life-size, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
• Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (1671-1674) - Marble, Cappella Altieri-Albertoni, San Francesco a Ripa, Rome

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Paintings

Bernini's activity as a painter was a sideline which he did mainly in his youth. Despite this his work reveals a sure and brilliant hand, free from any trace of pedantry. He studied in Rome under his father, Pietro, and soon proved a precocious infant prodigy. His work was immediately sought after by major collectors. Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Pietro Bernini (1562 in Sesto Fiorentino, Florence—1629 in Rome) was an Italian sculptor. ...

• Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas (c. 1627) - Oil on canvas, 59 x 76 cm, National Gallery, London
• Portrait of a Boy (c. 1638) - Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Self-Portrait as a Young Man (c. 1623) - Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome
• Self-Portrait as a Mature Man (1630-1635) - Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome

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References in popular culture

• Bernini was portrayed on two different series of former Italian notes of 50,000 lire. The picture was based on one of the artist's self-portraits.
• Bernini's sculptures around Rome form a prominent theme in the 2000 novel by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons. In the novel, Bernini is portrayed as a high ranking member of the secret organization Illuminati.

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See also

• List of painters
• List of Italian painters
• List of famous Italians
• Saint Peter's Square

The following list is an incomplete list of painters. ... Famous Italian painters (in alphabetical order): Francesco Albani,(1578-1660) Mariotto Albertinelli, (1474-1515) Fra Angelico, (1387-1445) Fra Bartolommeo, (1472-1517) Gentile Bellini, (c. ... This is a list of Italians or Italian-speaking/writing people that are famous. ... Saint Peters Square and Basilica, 1909. ...

References

External links

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Gianlorenzo Bernini

• Checklist of Bernini's architecture and sculpture in Rome
• Excerpts from The life of the Cavaliers Bernini
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the "A World History of Art"
• Extract on Bernini from Simon Schama's The Power of Art
• Photographs of Bernini's Santa Maria Assunta
• smARThistory: Ecstacy of Saint Teresa, Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

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