Bust of Antonio Barberini (Bernini)
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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

;Notes ;Bibliography * Wittkower, Rudolf. ''Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque''. London: Phaidon Press, 1997. {{Gianlorenzo Bernini Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1620s sculptures Marble sculptures in Italy Busts in Italy