Saint Bibiana (Bernini)
For the fourth century saint, see Saint Bibiana.
Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
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Year | 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
- ↑ Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750: The High Baroque, 1625-1675, Volume 2 edited by Joseph Connors, Jennifer Montagu, p6-7
- ↑ 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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