Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese are marble portrait sculptures executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1632. Cardinal Scipione Borghese was the nephew of Pope Paul V, and had commissioned other works from Bernini in the 1620s. Both versions of this portrait are in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. Description Scipione Borghese ( Italian pronunciation: [ʃiˈpjoːne borˈɡeːze; -eːse]; 1 September 1577 [1] - 2 October 1633) was an Italian cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini.
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Description Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese are made of carrara marble. There are numerous portraits of the cardinal, including a painting by Ottavio Leoni and one attributed to Lavinia Fontana. At the same time, the bust created by Giuliano Finelli is a prototype of Bernini's work. The Bust of Scipione ls one of the pinnacles of Bernini's portraiture. The sculptor believed that to capture a person truly you had to observe them in motion. Thus, also in this case he executed sketches from different angles of the cardinal talking and moving. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, 1632. Courtesy of Galleria Borghese. The anecdote conveys the importance of Borghese as not only a patron, but also a professional springboard for Bernini, who would later go on to receive commissions from Barberini when he was Pope. As with many of Bernini's early works, the Rape of Proserpina was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, alongside a bust in memory of Scipione's uncle, Pope Paul V, who died in January 1621.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Busto del cardinale Scipione (1632
Art Bernini, Borghese and the Rise of Baroque Rome: 6 Bernini Masterpieces in the Villa Borghese Thu 04 Mar 2021 Rarely in the story of art has a patron and artist relationship been as fruitful as that enjoyed by the young Gianlorenzo Bernini and the powerful Cardinal Scipione Borghese. Scipione Borghese was a man who attained great wealth and power due to his greed and the good fortune of having a powerful uncle. His education itself was financed by that uncle, Camillo Borghese. The relationship between Scipione and Camillo proved to be invaluable. In 1605, Camillo Borghese was elected to the papal throne as Paul V. The bust portrait of Scipione by Gian Lorenzo Bernini was sculpted for his first major patron in 1632, after a creative hiatus of nearly seven years as a sculptor, during which he developed a new concept in portraits, more representative of the vibrant Baroque style. Bernini (exhibition in the Galleria Borghese 2017-2018) File:Gian lorenzo bernini, ritratto del cardinale scipione borghese, 1632 ca, CCLXV 01.JPG; Category:Busts of the cardinal Scipione Borghese by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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M. Minozzi, Appendice documentaria: le opere di Bernini nella collezione di Scipione Borghese, in Bernini scultore. La nascita del Barocco in casa Borghese, catalogo della mostra (Roma, Galleria Borghese 1998), a cura di A. Coliva, S. Schütze, Roma 1998, pp. 423-440, in part. docc. 61-78. M. Winner, in Il Cortile delle Statue. Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577-1633) Giuliano Finelli Italian 1631-32 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 618 Nephew of pope paul v, cardinal scipione borghese (1576 - 1633) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Rome during the first third of the seventeenth century.
A series of over-lifesize marble statues commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese for his villa in Rome announced Bernini's novel style and established his role as the foremost sculptor in Italy. One of these works, the Apollo and Daphne (1622-24; Galleria Borghese, Rome), illustrates the typically Baroque theme of metamorphosis. Subtle. 3D Image. In 1619, Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned the Baroque Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt the mattress under the marble figure. This work is a Roman copy that was probably inspired by a Greek original of the 2nd century BC. This statue is located in the Musée du Louvre. The subject reflects the taste for languid.
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Oct. 31, 2017. ROME — No artist defined 17th-century Rome more than Gian Lorenzo Bernini did, working under nine popes and leaving an indelible mark on the Eternal City. And there is probably no. Description: The work was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese from a young Bernini after he had completed Aeneas and Anchises. The group was then given to Ludovico Ludovisi, the new cardinal-nephew of Pope Gregory XV, who had succeeded Paul V Borghese in 1621.
