Habakkuk and the Angel (Bernini)

Habakkuk and the Angel
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1656-61
TypeStatue
LocationChigi Chapel, Rome
Preceded byDaniel and the Lion (Bernini)
Followed byChair of Saint Peter

Habakkuk and the Angel is a sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini c. 1656–61. Standing in a niche in the Chigi Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, it shows the Prophet Habakkuk with the angel of God. It forms a part of a larger composition with the sculpture of Daniel and the Lion diagonally opposite.