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Gianlorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, b. 1598, Naples / Italy; d. 1680 in Rome / Italy)
architecture, painting, sculpture
Roman Baroque, fusion of architecture and sculpture, leading architect of St. Peter's Basilica, shapes the Roman cityscape

1623 "David", Galleria Borghese, Rome
1625 "Apollo and Daphne", Villa Cardinal Scipione Borghese
1647 Tomb of Pope Urban VII, Saint Peter, Rome
1640 "Triton Fountain" Piazza Barberini, Rome
1652 "Rapture of St.Theresa of Ávila", Santa Maria della Vittioria-Capella Cornaro, Rome
1651 "Four streams fountain", Piazza navona, Rome
1651 Piazza Navonna, Rome: "Fountain of the Four Streams
1652 Santa Maria della Vittoria: sculpture "Rapture of St. Theresa of Avila". 1667 Chief architect St. Peter's Basilica; Collonades of St. Peter's Square, Rome - "Theatrum Mundi"
16560 S. Andrea al Quirinale, Rome
1660 and 66 Castel Gandolfo and S. Andrea al Quirinale, Rome
1666 Scala Regia - Vatican Palace
16667 Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi, Rome

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collection/s

Belvedere, Wien Galleria Borghese, Rome Harvard Art Museums — Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, Arthur M. Sackler, Carpenter ° Louvre Paris Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museo del Prado, Madrid Museum de Fundatie Zwolle National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh The Ringling, Sarasota Uffizi Galleries, Florence
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  • 29. Sep 24. Feb 2019
    Ekstase Kunstmuseum Stuttgart