Bust of Giovanni Vigevano

Bust of Giovanni Vigevano
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
Coordinates	41°53′53″N12°28′42″E / 41.89806°N 12.47833°E / 41.89806; 12.47833

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]

Gallery

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  Tomb of Giovanni Vigevano

See also

• List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Notes

1. Wittkower 1955, p. 37.

References

• Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN   9780714837154.

Further reading

• 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

• Media related to Bust of Giovanni Vigevano at Wikimedia Commons