Pietro Bernini | |
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 Portrait of Bernini | |
| Born | Pietro Bernini 6 May 1562 |
| Died | 29 August 1629 (aged 67) Rome, Papal States, in present-day Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Fontana della Barcaccia |
| Movement | Baroque style |
Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor.[1] He was the father of one of the most famous artists of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini,[2] as well as the sculptor-architect Luigi Bernini.
- ^ Pietro Bernini MET Museum [dead link]
- ^ Bernini: His Life and His Rome, by Franco Mormando, 2011, p. 9