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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
* 1598: Born in Naples, son of a sculptor
* 1605: Family moves to Rome, where father Pietro works for pope Paul V
* 1610s: Paul V entrusts young Bernini’s education to Cardinal Maffeo Barberini,
*1623-1644: Maffeo Barberini becomes pope Urban VIII, Bernini becomes Rome’s leading artist
* 1665: Trip to Paris to meet Louis XIV
* 1680: Died in Rome |
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David
by Bernini
1623 - 1624
Commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese |
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Laocoon
1st Century BCE
Compared to Bernini's David |
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Apollo and Daphne
by Bernini
1622-1625 |
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Apollo Belvedere
130-140 CE
Compared to Bernini's Apollo and Daphne |
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Pluto and Persephone
by Bernini
1622-1625 |
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The Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Victoria
Ecstasy of St Theresa
by Bernini
1645-1662 |
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The Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Victoria
Ecstasy of St Theresa
by Bernini
1645-1662 |
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The Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Victoria
Ecstasy of St Theresa
by Bernini
1645-1662 |
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The Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Victoria
Ecstasy of St Theresa
by Bernini
1645-1662 |
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The Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Victoria
Ecstasy of St Theresa
by Bernini
1645-1662 |
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Portrait Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
by Bernini
1632 |
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Portrait Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
by Bernini
1632 |
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Portrait Bust of Costanza Bonarelli
by Bernini
1635 |
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Portrait of Maddelena Doni
by Raphael
1506
Compared to Bernini's Portrait Bust of Constanza Bonarelli |
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Portrait Bust of Francesco d’Este
by Bernini
1650-1651 |
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