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The Statue of Urban VIII is a large statue from the late 1630s, of the then pope Urban VIII. It was executed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his workshop. The work was commissioned in 1635 and took five years to complete. The piece sits in the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome.




See also


List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini




Notes






References


europeana (2013). "Statua di Urbano VIII di Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1635-1640 ca. (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Roma, Aula maggiore o Sala degli Orazi e Curiazi)". Europeana. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
Wittkower, Rudolf (1997). Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press.




Further reading


Mezzatesta, Michael P. and Rudolf Preimesberger, Bernini, Grove Art Online.
Mormando, Franco, Bernini: His Life and His Rome, Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press, 2011.




External links


Media related to Appartamento dei Conservatori (Rome) - Statue of Urban VIII at Wikimedia Commons

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