Two Angels in Sant'Agostino

Two Angels in Sant'Agostino

Artist	Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year	1626–28 (1626–28)
Catalogue	23
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Marble
Location	Basilica of Sant'Agostino, Rome
Coordinates	Coordinates: 41°54′03″N 12°28′27″E / 41.90083°N 12.47417°E / 41.90083; 12.47417

Two Angels in Sant'Agostino are two marble sculptures above the high altar of the Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Rome. They are listed as being by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the biography of Baldinucci, and there is also recorded evidence of Bernini having been paid for them. However, it seems likely that Bernini passed the work over to one of his assistants, Giuliano Finelli.^[1]

One of the bozzetti (preparatory works in terracotta) is in the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, in the USA.^[2] It was verified as a Bernini by art historian Rudolf Wittkower and purchased for US$5,880 by the museum in 1961; a fact corroborated in newspaper reports of the time.^[3]^[4] However, the current Ringling museum website states the work to be the design of Bernini and executed by Giuliano Finelli.^[2]

References

Notes

↑ Wittkower 1955, p. 246.
1 2 Ringling Museum Website, http://emuseum.ringling.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/0?t:state:flow=cf44f583-7dd0-4212-ba74-1a5cccecac07
↑ Sarasota Herald-Tribune - May 20, 1960, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nlw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8IoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7287%2C1995068
↑ Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Jan 15, 1961, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AbgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R2UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7461%2C2906151

Bibliography

Wittkower, Rudolf. Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press, 1997.

External links

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Sculpture

1610s	The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni A Faun Teased by Children Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Saint Sebastian Bust of Pope Paul V Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius Bust of Giovanni Vigevano Damned Soul Blessed Soul

1620s	Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo Neptune and Triton The Rape of Proserpina Apollo and Daphne Bust of Pope Gregory XV St. Peter's Baldachin Charity with Four Children David Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto Saint Bibiana Busts of Pope Urban VIII Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis Bust of Antonio Cepparelli Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl Two Angels in Sant'Agostino Bust of Francesco Barberini Bust of Antonio Barberini Bust of Camilla Barbadoni Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier Memorial to Carlo Barberini Tomb of Pope Urban VIII Saint Longinus Sleeping Hermaphroditus (mattress)

1630s	Statue of Carlo Barberini Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany Pasce Oves Meas Bust of Costanza Bonarelli Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini Statue of Pope Urban VIII Bust of King Charles I Bust of Thomas Baker Medusa

1640s	Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito Merenda Memorial to Maria Raggi Truth Unveiled by Time Bust of Pope Leo X Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Raimondi Chapel Noli Me Tangere

1650s	Busts of Pope Innocent X Bust of Francesco I d'Este The Vision of Constantine Chair of Saint Peter Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen

1660s	Statue of Alexander VII Busts of Alexander VII Elephant and Obelisk Angel with the Crown of Thorns Angel with the Superscription Bust of Gabriele Fonseca Bust of Louis XIV Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV

1670s	Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Tomb of Pope Alexander VII Statue of Pope Clement X

Architecture and
fountains

Paintings

Self-Portrait as a Young Man
Portrait of Pope Urban VIII
Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas
Self-Portrait as a Mature Man
Portrait of a Boy
Christ Mocked

List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/18/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.