Statue of Pope Urban VIII

Memorial Statue of Pope Urban VIII
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1635-40
Catalogue38
TypeSculpture
MediumMarble
SubjectPope Urban VIII
DimensionsOver life-size
LocationPalazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Preceded byBusts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini
Followed byBust of King Charles I (Bernini)

The Statue of Urban VIII is a large statue from the late 1630s, of the then pope Urban VIII. It was executed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his workshop. The work was commissioned in 1635 and took five years to complete.[1] The piece sits in the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome.[2]