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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Type Figure Region Italy Time 1598–1680 Also known as Bernini

Italian Baroque sculptor, architect, and painter, the foremost representative of Roman Baroque art.

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  1. 1598–1629Rome · LazioBorn in Naples, he moved to Rome as a child with his father Pietro Bernini. He displayed astonishing talent in his youth and, under the patronage of Pope Urban VIII and others, produced dynamic Baroque masterpieces such as Apollo and Daphne and Pluto and Proserpina.
  2. 1630–1667Rome · LazioHe directed the Baldachin of St. Peter's Basilica and the colonnade of the square (completed 1656–1667), designed the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, and other works, unifying sculptural dynamism with architectural space and establishing the face of Baroque Rome.
  3. 1668–1680Rome · LazioIn the 1660s he continued to receive commissions from popes and nobles, completing late sculptures such as the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni. He died in Rome on November 28, 1680, and was buried in Santa Maria Maggiore.

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