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8 unusual facts about Gian Lorenzo Bernini


Bernino

Bernini - an Italian family name, most famous is the artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini which works include decorations for the St. Peters church in Rome.

Clementine Chapel

Similarly, the bones believed to be of Saint Peter are now presently enshrined at the underground balcony below Gian Lorenzo Bernini's canopy, and under Michelangelo Buonarroti's dome.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Truth Unveiled by Time (1645–52) Marble, height 280 cm (110 in), Galleria Borghese, Rome

Among the early works for the cardinal were decorative pieces for the garden of the Villa Borghese, such as The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, and several allegorical busts, including the Damned Soul and Blessed Soul.

James Grashow

He is the subject of a 2012 documentary entitled Cardboard Bernini, describing the creation, exhibition, anticipated decay, and ultimate destruction of an enormous cardboard fountain, inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome and the work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Palace of Whitehall

Also lost were Hans Holbein the Younger's iconic Portrait of Henry VIII and Gian Lorenzo Bernini's marble portrait bust of king Charles I.

Paul Fréart de Chantelou

He patronised and encouraged major artists of his era, in particular Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680).

Peter Strudel

Similar to the work of his brother Paul, the work of Peter Strudel also captured the style of sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.


Diocese of Nepi-Sutri

This town has an ancient Christian cemetery where the body of St. Romanus was found, who is the patron of the city; the cathedral possesses a statue of him by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Pope Clement IX

He embellished the city of Rome with famous works commissioned to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, including the angels of Ponte Sant'Angelo and the colonnade of Saint Peter's Basilica.

William Trethewey

He obtained knowledge of anatomy by observing the different muscles while he shaved, and read about the sculpting work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin.


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