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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Also known as Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Gianlorenzo Bernin, Cavaliere Gian Lorenzo Bernino, Cavr. Gian Lorenzo Bernino, Giovan Lorenzo Bernini, Dzhovanni Lorentso Bernini, Gian Bernini

Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor and architect who lived from 1598 to 1680 and became one of the most influential artists of his time. His dramatic sculptures and architectural designs helped define the Baroque style and shaped the look of Rome and European art for centuries to come.

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Country: IT
Active from: 1598-12-07
Active to: 1680-11-28

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Kathedra Petri

Robbery of Proserpina

Angel from the Annunciation Group

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Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini ( UK: /bɛərˈniːni/, US: /bərˈ-/; Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso berˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and city planner. Bernini's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as a uomo universale or Renaissance man. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture.

As one scholar has commented, "What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture: the first pan-European sculptor whose name is instantaneously identifiable with a particular manner and vision, and whose influence was inordinately powerful ..." In addition, he was a painter (mostly small canvases in oil) and a man of the theatre: he wrote, directed and acted in plays (mostly Carnival satires), for which he designed stage sets and theatrical machinery. He produced designs as well for a wide variety of decorative art objects, including lamps, tables, mirrors, and even coaches.