Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) was born in Naples, the son of the sculptor Pietro Bernini, moved with his family to Rome as a boy and lived there until his death at 81.

He was the leading sculptor and architect of the Baroque age, famous for marble figures full of movement and feeling, such as Apollo and Daphne.

For St Peter's in Rome he designed the huge bronze canopy over the altar and the great colonnades that embrace the square in front of the church.

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, c. 1616–17