The National Museum of Prado will present from October 21st , the exhibition of Bernini and Spain, the first in our country dedicated to one of the most influential artists of the seventeenth century and certainly one of the greatest in the history of art.
The exhibition is curated by Delfin Rodriguez, Professor of Art History at the University Complutense of Madrid and an expert on the work of the painter, sculptor and Italian architect.
The long life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598-Rome 1680) was a success story, in the course of which the Neapolitan came to impose a genuine artistic dictatorship in Rome much of the seventeenth century, capital of the artistic vanguard.
Versatile creator, Bernini was noted primarily for his sculptural and architectural works, although he continued to practice painting, especially portraits.
Just two works related to the great Baroque artist remain in the Museum of Prado. The first of these is a bust of an alleged Seneca, attributed to a follower of the artist. The second work is a Portrait, autograph work considered. It dates to 1640 and is similar to the currently preserved in the Borghese Gallery of Rome and the Uffizi of Florence.
