Bust of Camilla Barbadoni

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]

Bust of Camilla Barbadoni
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1619 (1619)
Catalogue24
TypeSculpture
MediumMarble
Dimensions60 cm (24 in)
LocationStatens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

References

  1. Statens Museum for Kunst
  2. Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-801-41430-5.
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