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Bust of Giovanni Vigevano 
Summary
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.[1]
| Bust of Giovanni Vigevano | |
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| Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
| Year | 1617–1618 |
| Catalogue | 5 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Subject | Giovanni Vigevano |
| Dimensions | Life-size |
| Location | Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome |
| 41°53′53″N 12°28′42″E / 41.89806°N 12.47833°E | |
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Tomb of Giovanni Vigevano
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Wittkower 1955, p. 37.
References edit
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154.
Further reading edit
- 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.
- Dempsey, Charles (2000). Inventing the Renaissance Putto. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. ISBN 9780807826164.
- Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
External links edit
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