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  • Period: 17th–18th Century

Found 18 sculptures.

Marble bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine showing a bearded man in a hooded robe with clasped hands.

Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine

A half-length portrait of Saint Robert Bellarmine by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

 White marble bust of Francesco Barberini with a beard, mustache, and draped cape on a pedestal.

Francesco Barberini Bust

A marble bust based closely on a portrait by Caravaggio.

 Marble bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese wearing a clerical cap and buttoned robes.

Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese

An immediate, expressive portrait revealing a crack later concealed by a second version.

 Blessed Soul marble bust of a woman with an upward gaze and curled hair

Blessed Soul

A bust by Bernini, created around 1619 as a companion piece.

 Bust of Thomas Baker with curly hair, a mustache, and an elaborate lace collar.

Bust of Thomas Baker

A marble portrait bust linked to Bernini and preserved in London.

 Damned Soul marble bust with a screaming face and furrowed brow

Damned Soul

A young face twisted by terror, surprise, and downward gaze.

 Marble bust of Cardinal Alessandro Peretti, showing a balding man with a mustache and small beard.

Cardinal Alessandro Peretti

A finely detailed portrait showing striking vitality, concentration, and naturalistic realism.

 Marble bust of Pope Innocent X with a curly beard, mustache, and clerical cap.

Busts of Pope Innocent X

Two portraits of the pope, likely made after a flaw in the first version.

 Marble bust of Cardinal Richelieu with wavy hair, mustache, and pointed goatee.

Bust of Cardinal Richelieu

A marble portrait sculpted by Bernini after Richelieu’s planned full-length commission.

 White marble bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo with a mustache and goatee against a red background.

Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo

A marble portrait commissioned posthumously for a powerful Tuscan patron.

 Bernini\'s Medusa marble bust with snake-like hair and a sorrowful expression in a museum gallery.

Medusa

A marble portrait of the snake-haired monster from classical myth.

 Marble bust of Camilla Barbadori with a veiled head and shoulders on a marble pedestal.

Bust of Camilla Barbadori

A marble portrait notable for its vivid chiaroscuro and lifelike gaze.

 Marble bust of Pope Gregory XV in ornate ecclesiastical robes

Pope Gregory XV

A marble portrait that uses deep shadows to animate the pope’s features.

 Bust of the Saviour, a white marble bust of a bearded man with long wavy hair and draped robes, gazing upward.

Bust of the Saviour

Bernini’s final sculpture, long thought lost and later linked to a rediscovered bust.

 Bust of King Charles I with long wavy hair, a mustache, and a pointed goatee, wearing a lace collar.

Bust of King Charles I

An influential royal portrait that helped define the visual language of absolutism.

 Bernini’s marble bust of Pope Clement X with a raised right hand and a book in the left hand

Origins

A contested sculptural work linked to Bernini’s designs and several 1676 versions.

 Madama Lucrezia, a weathered stone statue of a draped woman with an eroded face on a pedestal.

Madama Lucrezia

A colossal Roman bust, and the only female figure among Rome’s talking statues.

 Marble bust of Francesco I d\'Este with curly hair, draped clothing, and an ornate pedestal against a black background.

Bust of Francesco I d'Este

A marble portrait marked by noble expression, flowing drapery, and abundant hair.