Pietro Bernini

Pietro Bernini
Portrait of Bernini
Born
Pietro Bernini

6 May 1562
Sesto Fiorentino, Duchy of Florence, in present-day Tuscany, Italy
Died29 August 1629(1629-08-29) (aged 67)
Rome, Papal States, in present-day Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forSculpture
Notable workFontana della Barcaccia
MovementBaroque style

Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor. He was the father of one of the most famous artists of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, as well as the sculptor-architect Luigi Bernini.

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