:Statue of Carlo Barberini
{{Short description|Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Alessandro Algardi}}
{{Infobox artwork
| title = Statue of Carlo Barberini
| image_file = Head of the Memorial Statue for Carlo Barberini by Bernini.jpg
| image_upright = 1
| artist = Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Alessandro Algardi
| catalogue = 27
| year = 1630
| type = Sculpture
| material = Marble
| city = Rome
| museum = Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums
| preceded_by = Memorial to Carlo Barberini
| followed_by = Charity with Four Children
}}
The Statue of Carlo Barberini was a large statue of the brother of Pope Urban VIII, Carlo Barberini, erected in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, following his death in 1630. The statue made use of an existing antique statue of Julius Caesar. The Roman authorities then commissioned the two most renowned sculptures of the day, Gianlorenzo Bernini and Alessandro Algardi, to add to the torso; Bernini worked on the head and Algardi on the limbs.{{sfn|Wittkower|1966|p=196}}
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References
- {{cite book | last=Wittkower | first=Rudolf | year=1966 | title=Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman baroque | url=https://archive.org/details/sculptorofromanb0000unse | url-access=registration | access-date=10 August 2022 | publisher=Phaidon P.| location=London}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Baldinucci |first=Filippo |title=The Life of Bernini |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |location=University Park |year=2006 |orig-year=1682 |isbn=9780271730769}}
- {{cite book|last=Bernini |first=Domenico |title=The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |location=University Park |year=2011 |orig-year=1713 |isbn=9780271037486}}
- {{cite book|last=Mormando |first=Franco |title=Bernini: His Life and His Rome |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2011 |isbn=9780226538525}}