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The Bust of Francesco Barberini is a marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was executed in 1623. It was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, who was a nephew of Francesco Barberini, an apostolic protonotary. Francesco had died in 1600, so Bernini created the bust from ...
The sculpture made its first documented appearance in a receipt for its restoration, 6 June 1628, when it already belonged to the Pope's nephew, Cardinal Francesco Barberini. [4] When discovered, the statue was heavily damaged; the right leg, parts of both hands, and parts of the head were missing.
Statue of Carlo Barberini The Memorial to Carlo Barberini is a large memorial, featuring two allegorical statues and an inscription. It was designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini upon the death of Carlo in 1630, and subsequently executed by Bernini and his workshop.
Sculpture Marble Height 225 cm (89 in) 10 [11] Sleeping Hermaphroditus: The Louvre, Paris 1620 Sculpture Marble Length 169 cm (67 in) 11(1) [11] Barberini Faun: Glyptothek, Munich 1621–1622 Sculpture Marble Restoration 11(2) [12] Ludovisi Ares: National Museum of Rome, Rome 1622 Sculpture Marble Restoration 11(3) [12] Bust of Pope Gregory XV
The Statue of Carlo Barberini was a large statue of the brother of Pope Urban VIII, Carlo Barberini, erected in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, following his death in 1630. The statue made use of an existing antique statue of Julius Caesar .
The Palazzo Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family, by the sixteenth-century architect Carlo Maderno on the old location of Villa Sforza. Its central salon ceiling was decorated by Pietro da Cortona with the visual panegyric of the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power . [ 3 ]
The Bust of Camilla Barbadoni is a marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. [1] Executed in 1619, it portrays the (deceased) mother of the Maffeo Barberini. Camilla had died in 1609. Barberini would become Pope Urban VIII in 1623. [2]
The Apollo Barberini is a 1st– or 2nd-century Roman sculpture of Apollo Citharoedus. It is named after the Barberini who acquired it. It is now held in the Munich Glyptothek (Inv. 211).