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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1598

SculptureBaroque

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None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

14

Works in Collection

34

Assets Indexed

1

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80%

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• Baroque

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor whose marble works defined Baroque sculpture through their dynamic movement, psychological intensity, and technical virtuosity. Operating across sculpture, architecture, and painting, Bernini established formal conventions for the age: animated drapery, dramatic light effects, and compositions designed for multiple viewpoints. His work transformed the European aesthetic from the late sixteenth century onward, moving beyond Renaissance restraint toward sensory immersion and emotional immediacy.

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Baroque

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Sculpture

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (14)

Overall (confirmed): 13 15/16 × 6 × 5 7/8 in. (35.4 × 15.2 × 14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Putti Carrying the Cross (recto); Studies of a Hand (verso)

Putti Carrying the Cross (recto); Studies of a Hand (verso)

1672 · Charcoal and black chalk, with stumping (recto); black chalk (verso) on ivory laid paper

27.5 × 20.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triton

1653 · molding on terracotta (clay material)

width: 0 cm, depth: 0 cm, height: 72 cm

Triton with shell serving as saltcellar

1650 · Copper, parcel gilt and silver-gilt

Overall (confirmed): 5 1/16 × 4 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (12.9 × 12.4 × 11.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies ? (verso)

1642 · Red chalk, the background tinted with an almost imperceptible pale brown wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso)

14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.4 x 24.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketches for a Wall Tomb with Skeletons

1630 · Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)

11-1/2 x 8-13/16 in. (29.2 x 22.4 cm) maximum; irregular borders

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monsignor Francesco Barberini

Monsignor Francesco Barberini

overall with base: 80.01 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm (31 1/2 x 25 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.) overall without base: 60.96 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm (24 x 25 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.) base: 19.05 x 21.27 x 18.42 cm (7 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study after Bernini's Angel sculpture at Ponte Sant'Angelo (recto); Copy of Africa Group (verso)

Study after Bernini's Angel sculpture at Ponte Sant'Angelo (recto); Copy of Africa Group (verso)

1618 · Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper

37.8 × 22.8 cm (14 15/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Pianelli Le due sorelle simili

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Bernini, PA00436

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Medal commemorating the canonization of Pedro de Alcántara and Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi Women of the Book (cropped)

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Gian lorenzo bernini e gian francesco travani, alessandro VII chigi e androclo col leone, 1663, 03

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Gian lorenzo bernini e gian francesco travani, alessandro VII chigi e androclo col leone, 1663, 04

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Gian lorenzo bernini e gian francesco travani, alessandro VII chigi e androclo col leone, 1663, 02

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Gian lorenzo bernini e gian francesco travani, alessandro VII chigi e androclo col leone, 1663, 01

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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