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The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi has a long and laborious past, involving a competition for the construction of the fountain. The fountain resides in the Piazza Navona, flanked by two other fountains, including the Fontana del Moro. The fountain was…

Located alongside the Fontana del Tritone in the Piazza Barberini, the Fontana delle Api is a subtler fountain. Commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, the fountain was completed in 1644 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, only a year after the Fontana del Tritone.…

Bernini’s sculpture, David, was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese for the Borghese Gallery. The sculpture was done in marble over the course of seven months spanning 1623 to 1624 [1].

In the life size sculpture, David is rotating his body…

Bernini’s Self-Portrait as a Young Man, painted in 1623 at the young age of 25, is done in oil paint on a 38 cm by 30 cm canvas. The painting is in the Galleria Borghese in Rome as a part of the collection of Scipione Borghese [1].

The portrait,…

The” Hermaphrodite” sculpture is one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s most famous restoration works. The figure radiates ambiguous seductiveness and intrigue. Hermaphroditus is shown sleeping down but different angles of the piece reveal the figure’s male…

Gian Lorenzo Bernini's oil painting self-portrait. This is one of Bernini's most famous paintings.

Sculptor Giovacchino Fortini carved Bust of a Nobleman in Armour in 1700. The bust is done in white marble, and currently belongs to a private collection [1].

Fortini, a Florentine sculptor, was renowned for his busts that marked a design shift…

The Artist Giovan Battista Recco was born around 1615 in Naples, and he is assumed to be the brother of Giacomo Recco and thus also born into an intergenerational family workshop. Little is known about Giovan Battista Recco, as there are few works…

The Artist Giovan Battista Ruoppolo was born in Naples in 1629 [1]. Giovan Battista’s father, Francesco Ruoppolo, was a majolica painter, and scholars such as Ulisse Prota-Giurleo assume that Giovan Battista might have worked in his father’s…

The Artist Giovan Battista Ruoppolo was born in Naples in 1629 [1]. Giovan Battista’s father, Francesco Ruoppolo, was a majolica painter, and scholars such as Ulisse Prota-Giurleo assume that Giovan Battista might have worked in his father’s majolica…