The busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini are two sculptural portraits of the Duke of Bracciano (
Paolo Giordano
Paolo Giordano (born 1982) is an Italian writer who won the Premio Strega literary award with his first novel ''The Solitude of Prime Numbers''.
Biography
Paolo Giordano was born on December 19, 1982, in Turin, Italy. He studied physics at ...
) and his wife
Isabella Orsini. They were carried out 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 ...
and members of his studio. Executed around 1635, the two sculptures remain in the
Castello Orsini-Odescalchi
Castello Orsini-Odescalchi is a castle in Bracciano, Lazio, Italy. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Bracciano. It was built in the 15th century, and combines the functions of a military defence structure and a civilian residence of th ...
in Bracciano, Italy.
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List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
The following is a list of works of sculpture, architecture, and painting by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian ...
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1630s sculptures
Marble sculptures in Italy
Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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