Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 to 1680) was the sculptor and architect who shaped Baroque Rome: the Borghese sculpture groups, the colonnade of St Peter's Square and the fountains of Piazza Navona.
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From 1615 to 1623 Bernini carved Apollo and Daphne, the Rape of Proserpina and David for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, so the Borghese is where his early work is seen in one place.
Sources: collezionegalleriaborghese.it
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Art movements
Baroque
The Baroque is the art of seventeenth-century Rome: theatrical, emotional and built for the Counter-Reformation...
Rome museum spaces
Galleria Borghese
The Galleria Borghese is the state museum in the Borghese villa holding Bernini's sculptures and the Caravaggio...
Collections and curating
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini (1599 to 1667) was Bernini's rival and the most inventive architect of the Roman Baroque. At...
Collections and curating
Pinacoteca
A pinacoteca is a painting gallery, as opposed to a collection of sculpture or antiquities. The Vatican Pinacoteca...
Pages that mention this term
- Two Rival Staircases in One Palace: How Bernini and Borromini Split Palazzo Barberini
- Sick Bacchus in the Caravaggio Rooms: Why the Borghese Self-Portrait Opens the Visit
- Caravaggio at the Borghese: guided visit or audio guide
- Masterpieces in Rome: What to See and Where
- With Children in Borghese Gallery, Rome: What Works Best
- Masterpieces to Prioritize at Borghese Gallery, Rome
- Tickets in Borghese Gallery Rome: Booking, Prices & Tips
- Rome 3-Day Museum Itinerary: Efficient Cultural Exploration
- Caravaggio's Judith: Barberini as the calmer Caravaggio
- Borromini staircase: read the palace before the paintings
- Apollo and Daphne: plan a Borghese slot around Bernini
- Vatican City Museums and Sites Guide: What to See and How to Visit
