Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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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.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini canonical 106
Bernini 3
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini 1

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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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Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne creator Gian Lorenzo Bernini
subject surface form: Apollo and Daphne
Bernini’s colonnades architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo hasArtworkBy Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Obelisk of Domitian reassembledBy Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Obelisk of Domitian reerectedBy Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Scipione Borghese patronOf Gian Lorenzo Bernini
statue of Constantine the Great creator Gian Lorenzo Bernini
subject surface form: Statue of Constantine the Great
statue of Constantine the Great notableWorkOf Gian Lorenzo Bernini
subject surface form: Statue of Constantine the Great
Royal Staircase architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini