Damned Soul (Bernini)

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Damned Soul
Latin: Anima Dannata
Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year 1619 (1619)
Catalogue 7
Type Sculpture
Material Marble
Dimensions Life-size
Location Palazzo di Spagna, Rome

Damned Soul (Latin: Anima Dannata) is a marble sculpture bust by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. According to Rudolf Wittkower, the sculpture is in the Palazzo di Spagna in Rome. This may well be what is known today as the Palzzo Monaldeschi.[1]

There is a bronze copy, executed by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi some time between 1705 and 1707, in the Liechtenstein Collection.

References

Notes
  1. Wittkower 1955, pp. 237–238.
Bibliography
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  • Baldinucci, Filippo (2006) [1682]. The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271730769. 
  • Bernini, Domenico (2011) [1713]. The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271037486. 
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  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154. 
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