Bust of Gabriele Fonseca

Bust of Gabriele Fonseca
Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year 1668–74 (1668–74)
Catalogue 75
Type Sculpture
Medium Marble
Subject Gabriele Fonseca
Dimensions Over life-size
Location San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome

The Bust of Gabriele Fonseca is a sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed sometime between 1668 and 1674, the work is located in San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome, Italy. Gabriele Fonseca was the doctor to Pope Innocent X.[1]

References

Notes
  1. Wittkower, p294
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