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Two Angels in Sant'Agostino

Sculptures by Gianlorenzo Bernini

Two Angels in Sant'Agostino are two marble sculptures above the high altar of the Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Rome. They are listed as being by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the biography of Baldinucci, and there is also recorded evidence of Bernini having been paid for them. However, it seems likely that Bernini passed the work over to one of his assistants, Giuliano Finelli.[1]

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One of the bozzetti (preparatory works in terracotta) is in the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, in the USA.[2] It was verified as a Bernini by art historian Rudolf Wittkower and purchased for US$5,880 by the museum in 1961; a fact corroborated in newspaper reports of the time.[3][4] However, the current Ringling museum website states the work to be the design of Bernini and executed by Giuliano Finelli.[2]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Wittkower 1997, p. 246.
  2. [2]
    ringling 2022.
  3. [3]
    Sarasota 1960.
  4. [4]
    Sarasota 1961.

References

  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1997). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman baroque. London: Phaidon P.
  • ringling (2022). "Kneeling Angel".
  • Sarasota (20 May 1960). "Sarasota Herald-Tribune".
  • Sarasota (15 Jan 1961). "Sarasota Herald-Tribune".
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