SculptureItalian17th century
Head of Saint Jerome
c. 1661
Artists
Gian Lorenzo BerniniArtist
Dimensions
35.1 x 28.7 x 22.9 cm (13 13/16 x 11 5/16 x 9 in.)
Provenance
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome, Italy, Sold to Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee, 1905. Piancastelli was the curator of the Galleria Borghese. Mrs. Edward D. (Mary B.) Brandegee, 1905, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1937.
Related Artworks
View MoreSculpture
Perseus Slaying Medusa
Giovanni Battista Foggini, after 1690
Bronze with brown and green patina
17th-18th centuryItalianSculpture
Standing Angel
Unidentified Artist, 17th-18th century
Terracotta with varnish
17th-18th centuryItalianSculpture
Doorknob formed as Miniature Putto Head, one of a pair
Nicolò Roccatagliata, 16th-17th century
Gilt bronze
16th-17th centuryItalianSculpture
The Apostle Thomas
Unidentified Artist, 17th-18th century
Terracotta
17th-18th centuryItalian?Sculpture
Putti Bearing Palms
Camillo Rusconi, c. 1690
Terracotta with white slip
17th centuryItalianSculpture
Seated Putto
Unidentified Artist, 17th-19th century
Bronze
17th-19th centuryItalianSculpture
Allegorical Figure
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1630/1631
Terracotta
17th centuryItalianSculpture
Seated Virgin
Unidentified Artist, 17th century
Ivory
17th centuryItalianSculpture
Corpus Christi
Pietro Tacca, 1616-1660
Bronze
16th-17th centuryItalianSculpture
The Sacrifice of Aaron(?)
Unidentified Artist, 1575-1600
Unpatinated brass
16th-17th centuryItalianSculpture
Angel with the Crown of Thorns
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, c. 1668
Terracotta
17th centuryItalianSculpture
Study for the Personification of Silence
Melchiorre Cafà, c. 1664
Terracotta
17th centuryItalian