Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Happy birthday to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the heroic central figure in Italian Baroque sculpture, born on this day in 1598. Although about eighteen when
![The kidnapping of Proserpine (Ratto di Proserpina). Baroque sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini known as Le Bernin (1598-1680), 1622. Galleria Borghese, Rome. by Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) The kidnapping of Proserpine (Ratto di Proserpina). Baroque sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini known as Le Bernin (1598-1680), 1622. Galleria Borghese, Rome. by Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680)](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.ANJ.76909940.7055475/4987788.jpg)
The kidnapping of Proserpine (Ratto di Proserpina). Baroque sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini known as Le Bernin (1598-1680), 1622. Galleria Borghese, Rome. by Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680)
![Tourists rest beside the Elephant and Obelisk, a baroque sculpture designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1667) in the Piazza della Minerva in Rome, Italy Stock Photo - Alamy Tourists rest beside the Elephant and Obelisk, a baroque sculpture designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1667) in the Piazza della Minerva in Rome, Italy Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GYTPPC/tourists-rest-beside-the-elephant-and-obelisk-a-baroque-sculpture-designed-by-gian-lorenzo-bernini-1667-in-the-piazza-della-minerva-in-rome-italy-2GYTPPC.jpg)