Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Baroque artist Italian person architect human painter sculptor

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a seminal 17th-century Italian sculptor and architect, a leading figure of the Roman Baroque known for masterpieces such as the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and the design of St. Peter’s Square.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bernini	3
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque artist ⓘ Italian person ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ
alternativeName	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ surface form: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
birthDate	1598-12-07 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingdom of Naples ⓘ Naples ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States ⓘ
deathDate	1680-11-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
designed	Cornaro Chapel ⓘ Fontana del Tritone ⓘ Fountain of the Four Rivers ⓘ Sant’Andrea al Quirinale ⓘ Scala Regia (Vatican) ⓘ Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Baldachin St. Peter's Square ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square colonnade
employer	Pope Alexander VII ⓘ Pope Innocent X ⓘ Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
father	Pietro Bernini ⓘ
fullName	Gian Lorenzo Bernini self-link ⓘ
genre	fountain design ⓘ portrait bust ⓘ religious sculpture ⓘ
influenced	Baroque ⓘ surface form: European Baroque architecture Baroque ⓘ surface form: Roman Baroque sculpture
influencedBy	Annibale Carracci ⓘ Michelangelo ⓘ
mother	Angelica Galante ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
nationality	Italian ⓘ
notableFor	development of Baroque sculpture ⓘ integration of sculpture, architecture, and theater in religious spaces ⓘ
notableWork	Apollo and Daphne ⓘ Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese ⓘ Confessio of Saint Peter ⓘ surface form: Cathedra Petri Cornaro Chapel ⓘ David ⓘ Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ Fontana del Tritone ⓘ Piazza Navona ⓘ surface form: Fountain of the Four Rivers Sant’Andrea al Quirinale ⓘ Scala Regia (Vatican) ⓘ Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Baldachin St. Peter's Square ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square colonnade The Rape of Proserpina ⓘ Tomb of Pope Alexander VII ⓘ Tomb of Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
numberOfChildren	11 ⓘ
positionHeld	chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Caterina Tezio ⓘ
workLocation	Rome ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → alternativeName → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Fountain of the Four Rivers → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Palazzo Barberini, Rome → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

subject surface form: Palazzo Barberini

Palazzo Montecitorio → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Quirinal Palace → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

St. Peter's Basilica → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

St. Peter's Square → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Urban VIII → architect → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide → architectOfHeadquarters → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Chair of Saint Peter → artist → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa → artist → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Chair of Saint Peter → associatedWithPerson → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Francesco Borromini → collaboratedWith → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → commissionedFrom → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Vatican Museums → containsWorkBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernini

Apollo and Daphne → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

subject surface form: Cathedra Petri

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Fontana del Tritone → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

The Rape of Proserpina → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Urban VIII → creator → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Ponte Sant'Angelo → decoratedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Chair of Saint Peter → designedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

St. Peter's Square → designedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Fontana del Tritone → designer → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Fountain of the Four Rivers → designer → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Piazza Navona → designerOfMainFountain → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Francesco Borromini → employer → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → fullName → Gian Lorenzo Bernini self-link ⓘ

Baroque → hasNotableArtist → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Kimbell Art Museum → hasWorkBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernini

Carlo Maderno → influenced → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Michelangelo → influenced → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Guillaume Coustou the Elder → influencedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach → influencedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Pierre Puget → influencedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Étienne-Maurice Falconet → influencedBy → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernini

Pope Urban VIII → patronOf → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Apollo and Daphne → sculptor → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Fontana del Tritone → sculptor → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Urban VIII → sculptor → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Piazza Navona → sculptorOfFountainOfTheFourRivers → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → significantProjectOf → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ

Apollo and Daphne → significantWorkOf → Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ