Luigi Bernini (1612,

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- 22 December 1681, Rome) was an Italian engineer, architect and sculptor.

Life

The son of

Pietro Bernini Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor. He was the father of one of the most famous artists of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, as well as the sculptor-architect Luigi Bernini. Biography Bernini was born in Sesto F ...

and his wife Angelica Galante, he was born after the couple moved to Rome in 1605. He trained in his elder brother Gian Lorenzo's workshop and assisted him on several works such as the Baldacchino of St Peter's and the 1626 angel for the high altar in Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 17th-century Italian sculptors 17th-century Italian architects Engineers from Rome Architects from Rome 1612 births 1681 deaths Burials at Santa Maria Maggiore Pupils of Gian Lorenzo Bernini {{Italy-sculptor-stub