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Bust of Francesco Barberini

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Monsignor Francesco Barberini
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1623 (1623)
Catalogue24 (a)
TypeSculpture
MediumMarble
Dimensions80 cm (31 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′29″N 77°01′12″W / 38.89147°N 77.02001°W / 38.89147; -77.02001
Preceded byTwo Angels in Sant'Agostino
Followed byBust of Camilla Barbadoni

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 an existing painted portrait. That portrait is in the Corsini Collection in Florence; Bernini made close use of the design, although the painting was a three-quarter portrait as opposed to a bust of head, shoulders, and upper body.[1][2]

Provenance

The sculpture was given to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. in 1961 as part of the Kress Collection donation. The Kress Foundation had bought the sculpture in 1950 from Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, as part of a collection of 125 paintings and the one Bernini sculpture. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Middeldorf, Ulrich (September 1971), "Bernini's Portrait of Francesco Barberini", The Burlington Magazine, 113 (822): 544–542, JSTOR 876742
  2. ^ Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque (4th ed.). London: Phaidon Press. p. 246.
  3. ^ National Gallery of Art website, retrieved 26 June 2019.

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