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Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Italian Baroque sculptor, painter and architect.1598-1680
was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome. Bernini was born in Naples to a 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. 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.
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Self-Portrait as a Youth
mk83
c.1623
oil on canvas
39x31cm
Painting ID:: 33292
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Self-Portrait_as_a_Youth
mk83
c.1623
oil on canvas
39x31cm
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The Baldacchino
1624 Bronze, partly gilt Basilica di San Pietro
Painting ID:: 52334
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The_Baldacchino
1624 Bronze, partly gilt Basilica di San Pietro
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Giovanni_Lorenzo_Bernini
Italian Baroque sculptor, painter and architect.1598-1680
was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome. Bernini was born in Naples to a 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. 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.
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