List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

The following is a list of works of sculpture, architecture, and painting by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The numbering follows Rudolph Wittkower's Catalogue, published in 1966 in Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque.[1][2][3]

Works

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Image Title Location Year
Type
Material
No.
Ref
 
The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun Galleria Borghese, Rome 1609–1615
Sculpture
Marble
Height 44 cm (17.3 in)
1[4]
 
Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni Santa Prassede, Rome 1613–1616
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
2[4]
 
A Faun Teased by Children Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1616–1617
Sculpture
Marble
Height 132 cm (52 in)
NA[5]
 
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Uffizi, Florence 1617
Sculpture
Marble
66 cm × 108 cm (26 in × 43 in)
3[6]
 
Saint Sebastian Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid 1617–1618
Sculpture
Marble
Under life-size
4[6]
 
Bust of Giovanni Vigevano Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome 1617–1618
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
5[7]
 
Bust of Pope Paul V Galleria Borghese, Rome 1618
Sculpture
Marble
Height 35 cm (14 in)
6[8]
 
Damned Soul Palace of Spain, Rome 1619
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
7[9]
 
Blessed Soul Palace of Spain, Rome 1619
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
7[9]
 
Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius Galleria Borghese, Rome 1618–1619
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
8[9]
 
Neptune and Triton Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1620
Sculpture
Marble
Height 182 cm (72 in)
9[10]
 
The Rape of Proserpina Galleria Borghese, Rome 1621–1622
Sculpture
Marble
Height 225 cm (89 in)
10[11]
 
Sleeping Hermaphroditus The Louvre, Paris 1620
Sculpture
Marble
Length 169 cm (67 in)
11(1)[11]
 
Barberini Faun Glyptothek, Munich 1621–1622
Sculpture
Marble
Restoration
11(2)[12]
 
Ludovisi Ares National Museum of Rome, Rome 1622
Sculpture
Marble
Restoration
11(3)[12]
 
Bust of Pope Gregory XV Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1621
Sculpture
Marble
Height 64 cm (25 in)
12[13]
 
Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome 1621
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
13[14]
 
Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux 1622
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
14[15]
 
Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine Church of the Gesù, Rome 1622
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
15[15]
Image, online[16] Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin Isola di San Michele, Venice 1622
Sculpture
Marble
16[15]
 
Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto Kunsthalle, Hamburg 1622
Sculpture
Marble
Height 88 cm (34.6 in)
81(7)[17]
 
Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 1622
Sculpture
Marble
Height 82 cm (32 in)
81(8)[18]
 
Self-Portrait as a Young Man (Bernini) [Wikidata] Galleria Borghese, Rome 1623
Painting
Oil on canvas
38 cm × 30 cm (15 in × 11.8 in)
NA[19]
 
David Galleria Borghese, Rome 1623–1624
Sculpture
Marble
Height 170 cm (67 in)
17[20]
 
Apollo and Daphne Galleria Borghese, Rome 1622–1625
Sculpture
Marble
Height 243 cm (96 in)
18[21]
 
Bust of Antonio Cepparelli San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome 1622
Sculpture
Marble
Height 70 cm (27.5 in)
NA[22]
 
Busts of Pope Urban VIII National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1632
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
19[23]
 
Saint Bibiana Santa Bibiana, Rome 1624–1626
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
20[24]
 
St. Peter's Baldachin St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1623–1634
Sculpture
Bronze
Height 20 m (66 ft), columns
21[25]
 
Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl Wiener Neustadt Cathedral, Wiener Neustadt 1623 c.
Sculpture
Bronze
22[26]
 
Two Angels in Sant'Agostino Basilica of Sant'Agostino, Rome 1626–1628
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
23[27]
 
Bust of Francesco Barberini National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1626
Sculpture
Marble
Height 80 cm (31 in)
24(a)[28]
 
Bust of Camilla Barbadoni Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1626
Sculpture
Marble
Height 60 cm (24 in)
24(c)[29]
 
Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas [Wikidata] National Gallery, London 1627
Painting
Oil on canvas
Height: 59 cm (23.2 in)
NA
 
Fontana della Barcaccia Piazza di Spagna, Rome 1627
Fountain
Marble
Width circa 10 m (33 ft)
80(1)[30]
 
 
Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier Oratory, Seminario, Venice 1629
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
25[31]
Image, online[32] Memorial to Carlo Barberini Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, Rome 1630
Sculpture
Marble
26[32]
 
Statue of Carlo Barberini Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome 1630
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
27[33]
 
Self-Portrait as a Mature Man (Bernini) [Wikidata] Uffizi, Florence 1630–1635
Painting
Oil on canvas
62 cm × 46 cm (24.4 in × 18.1 in)
NA[34]
 
Saint Longinus St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1631–1638
Sculpture
Marble
Height 440 cm (174 in)
28[35]
 
Balconies in the Pillars of the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1633–1640
Sculpture
Marble
29[36]
 
Tomb of Pope Urban VIII St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1627–1647
Sculpture
Golden bronze and marble
30[37]
 
Charity with Four Children Vatican Museums, Apostolic Palace, Vatican Museums 1627–1628
Sculpture
Terracotta
Dimensions 39 cm (15 in)
30[38]
 
Portrait of Pope Urban VIII (Bernini) [Wikidata] Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome 1632
Painting
Oil on canvas
Height: 67 cm (26.3 in)
NA
 
 
Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese Galleria Borghese, Rome 1632
Sculpture
Marble
31[39]
 
Renovation of the Lateran Baptistery Lateran Baptistery, Rome 1633
Architecture
 
Fontana del Tritone Piazza Barberini, Rome 1642–1643
Fountain
Travertine
Monumental
32[40]
 
Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1633–1637
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
33[41]
Image, online[42] Pasce Oves Meas St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1639–1644
Sculpture
Marble
34[43]
 
Bust of Costanza Bonarelli Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence 1636-1637
Sculpture
Marble
Height 72 cm (28 in)
35[42]
Images, online[44] Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, Bracciano 1635
Sculpture
Marble
36[45]
Image, online[46] Memorial Inscription for Pope Urban VIII Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome 1636
Sculpture
Marble
37[46]
 
Statue of Pope Urban VIII Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome 1635–1640
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
38[47]
Image, online[44] Bust of King Charles I (Bernini) Palace of Whitehall, London 1635–1640
Sculpture
Marble
39[48]
 
Bust of Thomas Baker Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1638
Sculpture
Marble
Height 82 cm (32 in)
40[49]
 
Medusa Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome 1636
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
41[50]
 
Portrait of a Boy Galleria Borghese, Rome 1638
Painting
Oil on canvas
NA
 
Bust of Cardinal Richilieu The Louvre, Paris 1640–1641
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size
42[51]
 
Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini San Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome 1639
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size skeleton
43[52]
Image, online[53] Memorial to Ippolito Merenda San Giacomo alla Lungara, Rome 1636–1638
Sculpture
Marble
43[54]
 
Fontana delle Api Piazza Barberini, Rome 1644
Fountain
Travertine
80(3)[55]
 
Christ Mocked (Bernini) Private Collection, London 1644–1655
Painting
Oil on canvas
Height: 25.8 cm (10.2 in)
NA
 
Memorial to Maria Raggi Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome 1647–1653
Sculpture
Gilt bronze and coloured marble
Life-size portrait
44[56]
 
Confessio of Santa Francesca Romana Santa Francesca Romana, Rome 1638–1649
Sculpture
Marble
45[57][58]
 
Raimondi Chapel San Pietro in Montorio, Rome 1638–1648
Sculpture
Gilt bronze relief
46[59]
 
Decoration of Chapels and Nave of St. Peter's Basilica St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1645–1648
Sculpture
Marble
47[60]
 
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome 1647–1652
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size figures
48[61]
 
Cornaro-Kapelle (in German) Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome 1647–1652
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size figures
48[61]
 
Truth Unveiled by Time Galleria Borghese, Rome 1645–1652
Sculpture
Marble
Height 280 cm (110 in)
49[62]
 
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi Piazza Navona, Rome 1648–1651
Fountain
Travertine and marble
50[63]
 
Busts of Pope Innocent X - First version Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome 1650
Sculpture
Marble
51a[64]
 
Busts of Pope Innocent X - Second version Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome 1650
Sculpture
Marble
51b
 
Noli Me Tangere Santi Domenico e Sisto, Rome 1650
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size figures
52[65]
Image, online[66] Virgin and Child Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes, Paris 1656–1663
Sculpture
Marble
53[67]
 
Bust of Francesco I d'Este Galleria Estense, Modena 1650–1651
Sculpture
Marble
Height 100 cm (39 in)
54[66]
 
Fontana del Moro Piazza Navona, Rome 1653–1654
Fountain
Marble
55[68]
 
Tomb of Cardinal Domenico Pimentel Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome 1653
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size figures
56[69]
 
Crucified Christ (Bernini) [Wikidata] Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid 1655
Sculpture
Bronze
(233 x 166 cm)
57[70]
 
Corpus Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1650
Sculpture
Bronze
Life-size
57[70]
 
Dead Christ on the Cross Walters Art Museum, Baltimore 1657–1661
Sculpture
Gilt bronze corpus on bronze cross
Likely a later cast
57[70]
 
Decoration of Santa Maria del Popolo Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome 1655
Sculpture
Stucco and marble
58[71]
 
Daniel and the Lion Chigi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome 1655-1656
Sculpture
Marble
58[71]
 
Habakkuk and the Angel Chigi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome 1656-1661
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
58[71]
 
Lamp with Crown and Cherubs by Peter Verpoorten Chigi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome 1656-1657
Sculpture
Bronze
NA[72]
 
Putti Lifting a Large Drapery Sala Ducale (in German), Vatican City 1656–1657
Sculpture
Stucco
59[73]
 
Santa Barbara (in Italian) Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Rieti (in Italian) 1655–1657
Sculpture
Marble
60[74]
 
Chair of Saint Peter St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1657–1666
Sculpture
Marble, bronze, white and golden stucco
61[75]
 
Collegiata di San Tommaso da Villanova (in Italian) Castel Gandolfo 1658–1661

Architecture, sculpture Marble

62(1)[76]
 
Santa Maria Assunta Ariccia 1662–1664
Architecture, sculpture
Marble
62 (2)[76]
 
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Rome 1658–1670
Architecture, sculpture
Marble
62(3)[76]
 
Saint Jerome Chigi Chapel, Siena Cathedral, Siena 1659–1663
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
63[77]
 
Mary Magdalen Chigi Chapel, Siena Cathedral, Siena 1659–1663
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
63[77]
 
Statue of Alexander VII (designed by Bernini, sculpted by Antonio Raggi) Siena Cathedral, Siena 1661–1663
Sculpture
Marble and gilded bronze
64[78]
Image, online[79] Busts of Pope Alexander VII 1655–1667
Sculpture
Marble and gilded bronze
65[80]
 
Cappella Da Sylva Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case, Rome 1663
Sculpture
Marble and gilded bronze
66[81]
 
Statues on the colonnades of Saint Peter's Square St. Peter's Square, Vatican City 1656–1671
Sculpture
Travertine
Monumental
67[82]
 
Scala Regia Apostolic Palace, Vatican City 1663–1666
Sculpture
Marble with painted stucco drapery
68[83]
 
The Visitation Santuario di Nostra Signora della Misericordia (in Italian), Savona 1665
Sculpture
Marble relief
Height 300 cm (117 in)
69[84]
 
Bust of Louis XIV Musée National de Versailles, Versailles 1665
Sculpture
Marble
Height 80 cm (31 in)
70[85]
 
Statue of King Philip IV of Spain Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome 1666
Sculpture
Bronze
Over life-size
NA
Image, online[86] Portrait of a Man Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1670s
Sculpture
Marble
NA[87]
 
Elephant and Obelisk Piazza di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome 1667
Sculpture
Marble
Life-size, elephant
71[88]
 
List of angels of Ponte Sant'Angelo Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome 1667–1669
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
72[89]
 
Angel with the Crown of Thorns Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome 1667–1669
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
72[89]
 
Angel with the Superscription Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome 1667–1669
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
72[89]
 
The Vision of Constantine Apostolic Palace, Vatican City 1654–1670
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
73[90]
 
Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV Palace of Versailles, Versailles 1669–1684
Sculpture
Marble
Monumental
74[91]
 
Bust of Gabriele Fonseca San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome 1668–1675
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
75[92]
 
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Altieri Chapel, San Francesco a Ripa, Rome 1671–1674
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
76[93]
 
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1671–1678
Sculpture
Marble and gilded bronze
Over life-size
77[94]
 
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1673–1675
Sculpture
Gilt bronze
78[95]
 
Statue of Pope Clement X Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome 1676
Sculpture
Marble
Height 105 cm (41 in)
78a[96]
 
Bust of the Saviour San Sebastiano fuori le mura, Rome 1679
Sculpture
Marble
Over life-size
79[97]

Notes

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  1. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 173–273.
  2. ^ Mormando 2011, pp. 391–429.
  3. ^ Avery 1997, pp. 286–287.
  4. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 173.
  5. ^ Avery 1997, p. 26.
  6. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 174.
  7. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 174–175.
  8. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 175.
  9. ^ a b c Wittkower 1966, p. 177.
  10. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 177–178.
  11. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 178.
  12. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 179.
  13. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 179–180.
  14. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 181.
  15. ^ a b c Wittkower 1966, p. 182.
  16. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 176.
  17. ^ Hess 2009, pp. 230–232.
  18. ^ nationalgalleries 2019.
  19. ^ Zanella 1998, p. 16.
  20. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 182–183.
  21. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 183–184.
  22. ^ Avery 1997, p. 34.
  23. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 184.
  24. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 189.
  25. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 189–190.
  26. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 190.
  27. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 191.
  28. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 191–192.
  29. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 192–193.
  30. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 265.
  31. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 194.
  32. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 195.
  33. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 196.
  34. ^ Zanella 1998, p. 40.
  35. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 196–197.
  36. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 197–198.
  37. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 198–199.
  38. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 199.
  39. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 199–200.
  40. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 200.
  41. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 200–201.
  42. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 203.
  43. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 202–203.
  44. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 205.
  45. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 203–204.
  46. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 206.
  47. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 206–207.
  48. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 207–208.
  49. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 208.
  50. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 208–209.
  51. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 209–210.
  52. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 210–212.
  53. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 211.
  54. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 211–212.
  55. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 265–266.
  56. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 262–263.
  57. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 213.
  58. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 212.
  59. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 213–215.
  60. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 215-216.
  61. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, pp. 216–218.
  62. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 218–219.
  63. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 219–220.
  64. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 220–222.
  65. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 223.
  66. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, p. 224.
  67. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 223-224.
  68. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 225–227.
  69. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 227–228.
  70. ^ a b c Wittkower 1966, pp. 228–232.
  71. ^ a b c Wittkower 1966, pp. 232–234.
  72. ^ Montagu 1991, pp. 122–125.
  73. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 234.
  74. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 234–235.
  75. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 235–239.
  76. ^ a b c Wittkower 1966, pp. 239–241.
  77. ^ a b Wittkower 1966, pp. 241–242.
  78. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 242.
  79. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 187.
  80. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 242–243.
  81. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 243–244.
  82. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 244–245.
  83. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 245–246.
  84. ^ Wittkower 1966, p. 246.
  85. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 246–247.
  86. ^ lacma 2017.
  87. ^ Boehm 2015.
  88. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 247–248.
  89. ^ a b c Wittkower 1966, pp. 248–251.
  90. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 251–254.
  91. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 254–256.
  92. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 256–257.
  93. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 257–259.
  94. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 259–260.
  95. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 260–263.
  96. ^ Wittkower 1966, pp. 263–264.
  97. ^ bollettinodarte 2022.

References

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  • Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500286333.
  • Boehm, Mike (19 March 2015). "LACMA's 50th anniversary gifts include its first work by Bernini". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  • bollettinodarte (2022). "Francesco Petrucci: Il ritrovato busto del Salvatore di Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Estratto dal fasc. 124)".
  • Hess, Catherine (2009). "Ritratto del Cardinal Alessandro Damasceni Peretti di Montalto". I marmi vivi: Bernini e la nascita del ritratto barocco.
  • lacma (28 February 2017). "Unframed". Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  • Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
  • nationalgalleries (2019). "Portrait Bust of Monsignor Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo, Archbishop of Pisa (1547 - 1607)". National Galleries of Scotland. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1966). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman baroque. London: Phaidon P. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

Further reading

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  • 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.
  • Montagu, Jennifer (1991). Roman Baroque Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300053661.
  • Zanella, Andrea, ed. (1998). Bernini: All His Works from All Over the World. Rome: Fratelli Palombi Editori. ISBN 9788876217807.
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