Rainer Oldendorf
En 1620 le cardinal Borghese commande à Bernini un matelas en marbre pour son hermaphrodite, copie romaine d'après original grec, 2007
Still from video film
Courtesy of the artist and Erna Hecey Gallery
In 1619, the Cardinal Scipio Borghese entrusted the Italian Baroque sculptor Bernini with the execution of the mattress on which the ancient marble now rests. Discovered in Rome near the...
In 1619, the Cardinal Scipio Borghese entrusted the Italian Baroque sculptor Bernini with the execution of the mattress on which the ancient marble now rests. Discovered in Rome near the Baths of Diocletian in 1608, this statue is one of the most admired masterpieces of the Borghese collection from the 17th and 18th centuries. The work is housed in the Louvre since its purchase by Napoleon I from his brother-in-law Prince Camille Borghese in 1807, along with the entire Borghese collection.
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