Apollo and Daphne, one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s first major commissions, was completed between 1622 and 1625 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a great art patron and nephew of Pope Paul V. Among the ...

After centuries in a private collection and hidden under a dense layer of overpainting, a Gian Lorenzo ... “Bernini had a huge influence on the development of sculpture as an art form in this ...

The 72cm terracotta model depicting the mythical sea god Triton offers an important link to the Italian artist’s thought ...

The Rijksmuseum has just unveiled a cracking terracotta model by the legendary Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and ...

A once-overlooked terracotta figure sculpted by Bernini in 1653 has been acquired by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Boasting a ...

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - Two youthful masterpieces by Baroque great Gian Lorenzo ... Bernini stood in front of a mirror and let his hand be burned by the fire of a candle: from there the artist ...

A statue by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini given on permanent loan by a private owner has been put on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The statue, of the mythical sea creature Triton, ...