a portrait of Costanza Piccolomini
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- McPhee, Sarah
- Publish Year
- 2012
- Shelfmark
- Z EUR 1C 2012 - B
- Thesaurus
- dagelijks leven, sociale klasse, kunstenaressen, 17e eeuw, Italië, biografische gegevens
- Description
- With lips slightly parted and eyes fixed on a point in the distance, a breathtaking marble portrait of Costanza Piccolomini appears alive. Carved by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1636–37 for his own pleasure, the portrait of Costanza is one of his most captivating works, but until now little has been known about its subject. For centuries Costanza was identified only as Bernini's mistress, who later incited his rage by betraying him for his brother. McPhee corrects this story in her biography of a sculpture and its subject. This book sets the bust and Costanza's own life against the backdrop of Baroque Rome.