Bust of Giovanni Vigevano explained
The bust of Giovanni Vigevano is a marble sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The bust was produced between 1617 and 1618, and was then inserted into Vigevano's tomb after he died in 1630. The tomb is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.
See also
References
- Book: Wittkower, Rudolf . Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque . Phaidon Press . London . 1955 . 9780714837154.
Further reading
- Book: Avery, Charles . Bernini: Genius of the Baroque . Thames and Hudson . London . 1997 . 9780500286333.
- Book: Baldinucci, Filippo . The Life of Bernini . Pennsylvania State University Press . University Park . 2006 . 1682 . 9780271730769.
- Book: Bernini, Domenico . The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini . Pennsylvania State University Press . University Park . 2011 . 1713 . 9780271037486.
- Book: Dempsey, Charles . Inventing the Renaissance Putto . University of North Carolina . Chapel Hill . 2000 . 9780807826164.
- Book: Mormando, Franco . Bernini: His Life and His Rome . University of Chicago Press . Chicago . 2011 . 9780226538525.