Saint Longinus (Bernini)
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| Artist | Bernini |
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| Year | 1629-38 |
| Type | Marble Sculpture |
| Location | St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Saint Longinus is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. Completed in 1638, the marble sculpture sits in the north-eastern niche in the crossing of St Peter's in the Vatican City.[1]
Preparatory Studies [edit]
An early bozzetto - (a rough model made in terracotta) is held in the Fogg Art Museum, and dated to around 1628. [2] There are further set of eight drawings in the Dusseldorf Museum Kunstpalast
References [edit]
- ^ Rudolf Wittkower, Bernini, the Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, 1997 (4th ed.), p.295-7
- ^ Harvard Art Museums's website, http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collection/detail.dot?objectid=1937.51&fulltext=bernini&pc=1&page=1, retrieved 17 November 2011.
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