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‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’

11/2024 | 1460 | 166

Pages: 1101–1122

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Author:

Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)

Subjects

artists:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Bernini, Pietro / Cornacchini, Agostino / Giambologna

collectors and dealers:

Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683 / Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 / Rohan (1st Prince of Soubise), Francois de (1630–1712)

dates:

1600-1649

sources:

Benedetti, Elpidio (c.1609–90) / Chantereau, François Jerome

styles:

Baroque sculpture / Baroque

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Marble / Statues / Provenance / Attributions / Techniques / Technical analysis / Andromeda / Collections / Collectors

Illustrations

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1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).

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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).

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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).

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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).

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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).

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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).

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17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).

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18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).

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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

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2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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20. Detail of Fig.19.

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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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24. Detail of Fig.25.

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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

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26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).

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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).

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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).

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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).

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30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).

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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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34. Detail of Fig.31.

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35. Detail of Fig.31.

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36. Detail of Fig.31.

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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.

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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).

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40. Detail of Fig.31.

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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).

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44. Detail of Fig.47.

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45. Detail of Fig.46.

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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).

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47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).

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5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).

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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).

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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).

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9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).

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