Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine

Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine

Artist	Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Completion date	August 1624 (1624-08)
Medium	Marble
Subject	Robert Bellarmine
Location	Chiesa del Gesù, Rome
Preceded by	Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis
Followed by	Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto

The Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine is a half-length portrait of Saint Robert Bellarmine by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was executed in the years 1621–1624, and unveiled in August 1624. It sits in the Chiesa del Gesù, Rome.^[1]^[2] It was commissioned by Pope Gregory XV and Cardinal Odoardo Farnese after Bellarmine's death. A tomb (now-destroyed) surrounding the bust was designed by Girolamo Rainaldi, and included sculptural decoration by Bernini's father, Pietro, and Bernini's some-time assistant, Giuliano Finelli.^[3]

The bust was on display at the Fairfield University Art Museum in Fairfield, Connecticut from February 2 to May 19, 2018 in a special exhibition.^[4]

Notes

^ Europeana 2022.
^ Fleming 2019, pp. 161–163.
^ Wittkower 1955, pp. 238–239.
^ fairfield 2018.

References

Europeana (2022). "Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-1624 (Chiesa del Gesù, Roma)". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
fairfield (2018). "The Holy Name – Art of the Gesù: Bernini and his Age". Fairfield University.
Fleming, Alison C. (11 March 2019). "The Holy Name, Art of the Gesù: Bernini and His Age, edited by Linda Wolk-Simon and Christopher M. S. Johns". Journal of Jesuit Studies. 6 (1): 161–163. doi:10.1163/22141332-00601012-05. ISSN 2214-1324.
Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154.

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List of works

Sculpture

1610s	The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni A Faun Teased by Children Boy with a Dragon The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Saint Sebastian Bust of Pope Paul V Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius Bust of Giovanni Vigevano Damned Soul Blessed Soul Bust of Camilla Barbadoni
1620s	Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo Neptune and Triton The Rape of Proserpina Apollo and Daphne Bust of Pope Gregory XV St. Peter's Baldachin Charity with Four Children David Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto Saint Bibiana Busts of Pope Urban VIII Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis Bust of Antonio Cepparelli Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl Two Angels in Sant'Agostino Bust of Francesco Barberini Bust of Antonio Barberini Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier Memorial to Carlo Barberini Tomb of Pope Urban VIII Saint Longinus Sleeping Hermaphroditus (mattress)
1630s	Statue of Carlo Barberini Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany Pasce Oves Meas Bust of Costanza Bonarelli Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini Statue of Pope Urban VIII Bust of King Charles I Bust of Thomas Baker Medusa
1640s	Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito Merenda Memorial to Maria Raggi Confessio of Santa Francesca Romana Raimondi Chapel Truth Unveiled by Time Bust of Pope Leo X Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Noli Me Tangere
1650s	Busts of Pope Innocent X Bust of Francesco I d'Este Corpus The Vision of Constantine Daniel and the Lion Habakkuk and the Angel Chair of Saint Peter Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen
1660s	Statue of Alexander VII Busts of Alexander VII Statue of King Philip IV of Spain Elephant and Obelisk Angel with the Crown of Thorns Angel with the Superscription Bust of Gabriele Fonseca Bust of Louis XIV Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV
1670s	Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Tomb of Pope Alexander VII Statue of Pope Clement X Bust of the Saviour