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Gian Lorenzo Bernini / Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese

Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese

1632 · Marble

Bernini's great patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese seems caught in mid-sentence, his mouth slightly open and his cape crumpled: among the liveliest portrait busts of the Baroque.

MovementBBaroque
LocationRome, Italy
Genreportrait
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