Saint Bibiana (Bernini)

For the fourth century saint, see Saint Bibiana.
Saint Bibiana
Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year 1624–26 (1624–26)
Catalogue 20
Type Sculpture
Medium Marble
Subject Saint Bibiana
Location Santa Bibiana, Rome

Saint Bibiana is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It sits in the high altar of the church of Santa Bibiana in Rome.[1] Bernini received his first payment for the work in 1624, and his final payment in 1626. A seventeenth-century print of the statue exists in the Teylers Museum, Harlem, the Netherlands. [2]

References

Notes
  1. Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750: The High Baroque, 1625-1675, Volume 2 edited by Joseph Connors, Jennifer Montagu, p6-7
  2. Rossi, Giovanni Giacopo de (werkz. XVII) & Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo (1598-1680). "Altaar met beeld St. Bibiana te Rome". Europeana. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
Bibliography
  • Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500286333. 
  • Baldinucci, Filippo (2006) [1682]. The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271730769. 
  • Bernini, Domenico (2011) [1713]. The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271037486. 
  • Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525. 
  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1997) [1955]. Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154. 
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