Head of Proserpina
1650– 1700
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680)
European Painting and Sculpture
Head of Proserpina, 1650– 1700. After Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680). Terracotta; overall: 15.2 x 10.3 cm (6 x 4 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1968.101
- Maker/Artist
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- terracotta
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.2 x 10.3 cm (6 x 4 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: penciled inscription on neck: "Palazzo Bernini / 1839"
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1968.101
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Baroque Imagery, Gian Lorenzo Bernini Regista del Barocco, "Mostra de antiche sculture italiane," Studio d'arte Palma, Rome, 1945 (cited by Lavin, 1956)<br>CMA: "Year in Review for 1968," Bulletin, LVI (January 1969), p. 44, no. 12, repr. p. 4<br>CMA: "Drawings by Gianlorenzo Bernini from the Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, Germany," as circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation, December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982<br>Fort Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum, The Art of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, April 16-May 16, 1982, cat. 1, p. 17, repr. pp. 16, 18<br>CMA: Baroque Imagery," cat. 24, pp. 53-54, repr. p. 53<br>Rome, Italy; Palazzo Venezia (5/20-9/16/99) "Gian Lorenzo Bernini Regista del Barocco" p. 82, no. 27, p. 315, no. 27.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
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