The ''Bust of Antonio Barberini'' is a portrait sculpture by the Italian artist
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his ...
. The figure is
Cardinal Antonio Barberini, the younger brother of the Pope Urban VIII. It was executed some time in the 1620s.
Rome
The bust is now in the
Galleria Nazionale de Arte Antica, in Rome, Italy
[Wittkower 1955, p. 246.]
References
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* Wittkower, Rudolf. ''Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque''. London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
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Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1620s sculptures
Marble sculptures in Italy
Busts in Italy