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Bust of Camilla Barbadoni
Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1619 (1619)
Catalogue24
TypeSculpture
MediumMarble
Dimensions60 cm (24 in)
Location National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
Preceded by Bust of Francesco Barberini
Followed by Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier (Bernini)

The Bust of Camilla Barbadoni is a marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. [1] Executed in 1619, it portrays the (deceased) mother of the Maffeo Barberini. Camilla had died in 1609. Barberini would become Pope Urban VIII in 1623. [2]

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  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN  978-0-801-41430-5.
  • smk (2022). "Bust of Camilla Barbadori. Mother of Pope Urban VIII Barberini, 1619".

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