Bust of Giovanni Vigevano
{{Short description|Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini}}
{{Infobox artwork
| title = Bust of Giovanni Vigevano
| image_file = Bust of Giovanni Vigevano by Gianlorenzo Bernini.jpg
| image_upright = 1
| artist = Gian Lorenzo Bernini
| catalogue = 5
| year = 1617–1618
| type = Sculpture
| material = Marble
| subject = Giovanni Vigevano
| dimensions = Life-size
| city = Rome
| museum = Santa Maria sopra Minerva
| coordinates = {{coord|41|53|53|N|12|28|42|E|display=it}}
}}
The bust of Giovanni Vigevano is a marble sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The bust was produced between 1617 and 1618, and was then inserted into Vigevano's tomb after he died in 1630. The tomb is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.{{sfn|Wittkower|1955|p=37}}
Gallery
File:Gian lorenzo bernini, Sepolcro di Giovanni Vigevano (1630) 01.JPG|Tomb of Giovanni Vigevano
See also
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Wittkower |first=Rudolf |title=Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque |publisher=Phaidon Press |location=London |year=1955 |isbn=9780714837154}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Avery |first=Charles |title= Bernini: Genius of the Baroque |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=London |year=1997 |isbn=9780500286333}}
- {{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=Dempsey |first=Charles |title=Inventing the Renaissance Putto |publisher=University of North Carolina |location=Chapel Hill |year=2000 |isbn=9780807826164}}
- {{cite book|last=Mormando |first=Franco |title=Bernini: His Life and His Rome |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2011 |isbn=9780226538525}}
External links
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Category:Marble sculptures in Italy
Category:Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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