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 ...

made two Busts of Pope Paul V. The first is currently in the

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. 1618 is the commonly accepted date for the portrait of the pope. In 2015, a second bust was acquired by the

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in Los Angeles. It was created by Bernini 1621, shortly after the death of

Paul V Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored ...

, and commissioned by his nephew,

Cardinal Scipione Borghese Scipione Borghese (; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legacy is the establ ...

. A bronze version of this sculpture exists in the

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, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Rediscovery of second bust

For most of the twentieth century, the second bust had been presumed lost. It was sold by the Borghese family in 1893, and an art historian recorded its existence in Vienna in 1916. However, little more was known about the presence of the bust until it appeared in auction in Slovakia in 2014 - the piece had been in the private collection of the Slovakian artist Ernest Zmeták. Unrecognised by the sellers, it was bought by a resident of Bratislava, Clément Guenebeaud, who then sold the bust via Sotheby's to the current holders, the Getty Museum.

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* https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21656128-important-17th-century-carving-gets-attention-it-merits-last-getty-got-it-good * http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20058936/slovak-auction-house-sold-original-bust-by-bernini.html * http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/vytvarno/_zprava/sochu-od-berniniho-prodali-na-slovensku-za-zlomek-ceny-nepoznali-ze-jde-o-original--1514007 * http://www.tyzden.sk/spolocnost/25227/kulturny-skandal-aky-tu-dlho-nebol/ * http://www.soga.sk/aukcie-obrazy-diela-umenie-starozitnosti/aktuality/berniniho-busta-papeza-stanovisko-vedenia-aukcnej-spolocnosti-soga * {{Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1610s sculptures Pope Busts in Italy Marble sculptures in Italy Pope Paul V Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Sculptures of the J. Paul Getty Museum Sculptures of popes

Rediscovery of second bust

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