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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Design for Looking-Glass for Christina, Queen of Sweden ca. 1656 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Design for a Trophy ca. 1650 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Self-portrait ca. 1623 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
"From his early days as a child prodigy until his death in 1680 at the age of 82, Gian Lorenzo Bernini remained unchallenged as the foremost sculptor of his time. His dynamic and exuberant style perfectly embodies the baroque period, of which he has become the symbol. Bernini excelled in every sculptural genre (portraiture, tomb sculpture, religious and mythological representations). He was equally creative in other media, including architecture, painting and drawing."
– from the artist's biography in the Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Self-portrait ca. 1665-70 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Study for Angel 1673-74 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Study for Angel ca. 1670-75 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Studies for marble statue of Daniel and the Lion ca. 1655 drawing Museum der Bildenden Kunst, Leipzig |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Torso of Pluto ca. 1621-22 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Nereid riding Dolphin 1640s drawing British Museum |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Torso of Neptune 1622 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Figure-study from the back ca. 1630 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Figure-study from the back ca. 1625-35 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Study for marble statue of Constantine the Great ca. 1662-63 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini Study for Triton Fountain, Rome 1642-43 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Anonymous Italian sculptor after Gian Lorenzo Bernini Bust of Medusa ca. 1775-1800 marble Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |