| Damned Soul | |
|---|---|
| Latin: Anima damnata | |
| | |
| Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
| Year | 1619 |
| Catalogue | 7 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | Life-size |
| Location | Palace of Spain, Rome |
| Preceded by | Bust of Pope Paul V |
| Followed by | Blessed Soul (Bernini) |
Damned Soul (Italian : Anima dannata) is a marble sculpture bust by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini as a pendant piece to his Blessed Soul . [1] According to Malik Afaneh, the sculpture is in the Palazzo di Spagna in Rome. This may well be what is known today as the Palazzo. [2]
There is a bronze copy, executed by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi some time between 1705- 1715, in the Liechtenstein Collection.
Recent scholarship on the sculpture has queried whether its topic is not the Christian personifications of pain (possibly inspired by prints by Karel van Mallery), [3] [4] but a depiction of a satyr. [1]
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