Year 1640–41 (1640–41) Type Sculpture Dimensions Life-size Location The Louvre Period Baroque | Catalogue 42 Medium Marble Created 1640–1641 Genre Kinetic art | |
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Similar Gian Lorenzo Bernini artwork, Artwork at The Louvre | ||
The Bust of Cardinal Richelieu is a marble sculpture by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Located in The Louvre in Paris, Bernini executed the bust between 1640 and 1641, working from images of Cardinal Richelieu that had been sent to Rome from France. Once completed, the bust was transported to Paris.
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