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Bust of Gabriele Fonseca

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Bust of Gabriele Fonseca
Bust of Gabriele Fonseca
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1668-74
TypeMarble
LocationSan Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome

The Bust of Gabriele Fonseca is a sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. Executed some time between 1668 and 1674, the bust sits in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Lucina. Gabriele Fonseca was the doctor to Pope Innocent X.[1]

Further Reading

  • Baldinucci, Filippo (1966). The life of Bernini. Translated by Catherine Enggass. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
  • Baldinucci, Filippo (1682). Vita del cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino. Firenze: Stamperia di V. Vangelisti. Copy at Google Books.
  • Bernini, Domenico (1713). Vita del Cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino. Rome: Rocco Bernabò. Copy at Google Books.
  • Bernini, Domenico (2011, orig. publ. 1713). Franco Mormando (ed.). The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini. University Park: Penn State University Press. ISBN 9780271037486. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  • Hibbard, Howard (1990). Bernini. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780140135985.
  • Pinton, Daniel (2009). Bernini. I Percorsi Nell'arte. Ediz. Inglese. ATS Italia Editrice.
  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1997). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman Baroque (4 ed.). London: Phaidon Press.

References

  1. ^ Wittkower, p294