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Bust of Pope Gregory XV
The Bust of Pope Gregory XV is a marble portrait sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed in 1621, the work is one of three busts of the subject created by Bernini—the other two were bronze casts. The marble bust is on permanent display at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It was donated to the museum by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum.
Background.
Bernini began work on the marble bust immediately after the election of Pope Gregory XV in February 1621, and
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- "Neptune and Triton" (1620)
- "The Rape of Proserpina" (1621–22)
- "Bust of Pope Gregory XV" (1621)
- "Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya" (c. 1621)
- "Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis" (1622)
- "Apollo and Daphne" (1622–25)
- "Bust of Antonio Cepparelli" (1622)
- "David" (1623–24)
- "Saint Bibiana" (1624–26)