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Bernini Gian Lorenzo

Angel Holding a Scroll

Of the ten marble angels on the bridge, all executed under Bernini's direction, only one reveals the master's hand: the sculptor had prepared two figures, but Pope Clement IX did not want to expose them to the weather (they are now in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte) and ordered copies: but on one of these Bernini intervened again, radically, creating one of his last masterpieces.

How to cite

Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “Angel Holding a Scroll”, work by Bernini Gian Lorenzo, Baroque Sculpture, Rome, Ponte Sant'Angelo. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00359/. Accessed [date accessed].

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