Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Design for the Tomb Slab of Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Pio da Carpi (1568 - 1641)
About this artwork
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artist:Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680) Italian
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title:Design for the Tomb Slab of Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Pio da Carpi (1568 - 1641)
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date created:About 1649
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materials:Pen, brown ink and wash, with traces of red and black chalk on paper, laid down onto an 18th century mount
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measurements:29.10 x 24.20 cm
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credit line:Purchased with the assistance of grants from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts and Art Fund, 1992
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accession number:D 5329
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Bernini was an extraordinarily gifted sculptor, an outstanding architect, and an urban designer and painter. He learned the art of sculpting from his father and astonished contemporaries by his technical virtuosity and sophistication, which rivalled the sculptors of classical antiquity. During his...
