Daniel and the Lion (Bernini)

Daniel and the Lion
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1655-56
TypeStatue
LocationChigi Chapel, Rome
Preceded byCorpus (Bernini)
Followed byHabakkuk and the Angel (Bernini)

Daniel and the Lion is a sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini c. 1655–57. Standing in a niche in the Chigi Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, it shows the Prophet Daniel in the lions' den. It forms a part of a larger composition with the sculpture of Habakkuk and the Angel diagonally opposite.