Portrait of Gianlorenzo Bernini

Giovan Battista Gaulli

National Galleries of Scotland

 
DESCRIZIONE:
The dramatic lighting and dark background contribute to the portrait's powerful impact. The painting was made in about 1675 when Bernini was in his late seventies, and records the distinguished appearance of the brilliant and complex sculptor and architect. Baciccio, who according to his biographer, encouraged his sitters to move and talk while he painted them, has deflty captured the older artist's alertness and the animated gesture of his hand emerging from the folds of his cloak. This painting became the model for the engraved frontispiece to Baldinucci's biography of Bernini and for the official portrait of Bernini in the Roman Academy of St Luke.
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LE OPERE

Ritratto Clemente IX Ritratto Clemente IX 1667 | Olio su tela Trionfo Ordine Francescano Trionfo Ordine Francescano 1707 | Affresco Trionfo del Nome di Gesù Trionfo del Nome di Gesù 1687 | Affresco Ritratto del cardinale Marco Gallo Ritratto del cardinale Marco Gallo 1681 | Olio su tela | 63 x 72 cm. Orologio ad altare Orologio ad altare 1665 | Orologio Ritratto di Gianlorenzo Bernini Ritratto di Gianlorenzo Bernini 1675 | Olio su tela | 74 x 99 cm. Gloria del Nome di Gesù Gloria del Nome di Gesù Affresco
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