Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Finestre sull'Arte

The four grotesque heads that Bernini had made for his carriage

The public recently saw them at the Caravaggio and Bernini exhibition held in two stages between 2019 and 2020 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. They have only been exhibited twice in Italy: at Palazzo Strozz...
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Rome, the route to discover ten of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's most famous works

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598 - Rome 1680) is the leading figure of seventeenth-century European Baroque figurative culture. In his artistic career he distinguished himself among Roman artists, earning a prestigious reputation with the popes and ...
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Apollo and Daphne, the most spectacular of the bourgeois groups

"He who loves and pursues the joys of fleeting beauty, fills his hand with foliage and plucks bitter berries." This is the couplet that can be read at the base ofApollo and Daphne, the masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598 - Rome, 1680) p...
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Bernini painter on display at Zani Foundation: works from family collection

From Sept. 8 to Oct. 29, 2023, the Paolo and Carolina Zani Foundation House Museum in Cellatica (Brescia) is offering the exhibition Private Bernini. La forza e l'inquietudine, which showcases several paintings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598 -...
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Spain, blocked sale of 17th-century bronze (estimated 2,000 euros): possibly by Bernini

In Spain, a case similar to that of theEcce Homo attributed to Caravaggio, which was to go to auction, in a sale of the Ansorena house, and was later withdrawn because of the strong interest aroused by the work, is being repeated. This time the same ...
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Cornaro Chapel with the Ecstasy of St. Theresa restored for the first time in its entirety

The complete restoration of one of the most beautiful chapels in art history, the Cornaro Chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome, has been completed. The chapel houses Gian Lorenzo Bernini'sEcstasy of St. Teresa of Avila, a Baroqu...
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Bernini's dark years and his revenge with marble: the Truth of the Borghese Gallery

On February 5, 1629, with the reigning pope of the House of Barberini, Urban VIII, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598 - Rome, 1680) was appointed as the new architect of the Fabbrica di San Pietro, just days after the death of his predecessor Car...
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The light of the Baroque on display in Ariccia: a review with paintings from Roman collections

The exhibition Luce del Barocco (Light of the Baroque) is on view at Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia until January 10, 2021. Paintings from Roman Collections. Produced by the European Center for Tourism and Culture in Rome and in collaboration with the Pal...
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