''Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya'' is a sculpted portrait by the Italian artist
Gianlorenzo 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 ...
. Executed in 1621 and 1622, it sits within a larger tomb created for Montoya, a Spanish lawyer working in Rome. The tomb was originally in the Spanish national church in Rome,
San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli
Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore ("Our Lady of the Sacred Heart", also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and in Spanish, Santiago de los Españoles) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona.
History
An ...
, but was moved in the nineteenth century when the church fell out of Spanish possession. The monument now sits in the refectory attached to the Roman church of
Santa Maria di Monserrato
The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, known as Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards ( it, Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, es, Santa María de Montserrat de los Españoles, la, S. Mariae Hispanorum in Mon ...
. The architecture for the tomb was undertaken by
Orazio Turriani
Orazio Torriani (or Torrigiani) (1578-1657) was an architect and sculptor who worked in Rome.
Career
In 1602 Torriani rebuilt the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda within the ''cella'' of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina.
In 1624 he built ...
.
See also
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List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Notes
References
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External links
Monuments and memorials in Rome
Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1620s sculptures
Marble sculptures in Italy
Busts in Italy
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