Tag: Barberini

La Destruction du temple de Jérusalem (1635)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Destruction du temple de Jérusalem (The destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem) 1635 Oil on canvas, 147 × 198 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The material is taken from Flavius Josephus’ Jewish War. Titus, the son of the…

San Sebastiano (1616-1617)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1616–1617 Marble, 98 x 42 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Private collection on deposit at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Saint Sebastian, born in Gaul according to legend, was a Roman centurion who was martyred…

Monsignor Francesco Barberini (c.1623)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 Marble, 80.01 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This free-standing, white marble sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a balding, bearded man. In this photograph, his body…

Monsignor Francesco Barberini

(1528–1600) Francesco Barberini in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 National Gallery of Art, Washington   Born 1528 Firenze (Italia) Died 1600 Roma (Italia) Nephew Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) Occupation Merchant

Francesco Barberini

(1597–1679) Works in his collection: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) San Sebastiano 1616–1617 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born September 23 1597 Firenze (Italia) Died December 10 1679 Roma (Italia) Uncle Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) Occupation Art patron Cardinal Translator

Elia nutrito dai corvi (1620)

Guercino (1591-1666) Elia nutrito dai corvi (Elijah fed by Ravens) 1620 Oil on canvas, 195 x 156.5 cm National Gallery, London The monumental figure in this painting is Elijah, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…

La Fornarina (c.1520)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 63 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The subject of this portrait, according to tradition, was Raphael’s inspirational muse and mistress: Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker in…

Urbanus VIII (Papa)

(1568–1644) Maffeo Barberini Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) Maffeo Barberini in Art: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini 1598–1599 Private collection, Firenze     Works commissioned by him: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Bernini,…