A Faun Teased by Children

A Faun Teased by Children
Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year 1616–17
Type Sculpture
Material Marble
Dimensions 132 cm (52 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Coordinates: 40°46′44″N 73°57′49″W / 40.77891°N 73.96367°W

A Faun Teased by Children is a marble sculpture by Italian artists Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his father Pietro Bernini.[1] It was executed in 1616 and 1617, when Gian Lorenzo was not yet twenty years old. It is currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[2]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Mormando 2011, p. 75.
  2. ↑ Avery 1997, p. 24.
Bibliography
  • Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500286333.
  • Baldinucci, Filippo (2006). The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271730769.
  • Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780801414305.

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