Type Sculpture Dimensions Over life-size Year 1635 Catalogue 38 | Medium Marble Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini Subject Pope Urban VIII | |
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Location Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome Similar Gian Lorenzo Bernini artwork, Other artwork | ||
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. The piece sits in the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. A print of the statue exists in the National Library of Austria.
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