Bernini's Sculptural Programmes in Rome (1618–1680)

1. Borghese commissions Bernini’s first large group

   Jan 1, 1619Labels: Scipione Borghese, Aeneas Group

   • Galleria Borghese
   • Wikipedia

2. Dynamic movement in Borghese’s Bernini David

   Jan 1, 1623Labels: David Bernini, Scipione Borghese

   • Wikipedia

3. Santa Bibiana: Bernini’s early church programme

   Jan 1, 1624Labels: Saint Bibiana, Santa Bibiana

   • Wikipedia

4. Urban VIII commissions St. Peter’s Baldacchino

   Jul 12, 1624Labels: Pope Urban, Baldacchino

   • StPetersBasilica info
   • Wikipedia

5. Apollo and Daphne completes Bernini’s Borghese cycle

   Jan 1, 1625Labels: Apollo and, Borghese Collection

   • Borghese Gallery

6. Bernini begins Tomb of Pope Urban VIII

   Jan 1, 1627Labels: Tomb of, St Peter's

   • StPetersBasilica info

7. Baldacchino’s bronze columns unveiled in St. Peter’s

   Jun 29, 1627Labels: Baldacchino, Bronze Columns

   • StPetersBasilica info

8. Baldacchino inaugurated for the Feast of St. Peter

   Jun 29, 1633Labels: Baldacchino, Feast of

   • StPetersBasilica info
   • UNT Library

9. Fountain of the Four Rivers built for Innocent X

   Jan 1, 1648Labels: Fountain of, Piazza Navona

   • Italian Culture
   • UMich Library

10. Cornaro Chapel completed with Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

    Jan 1, 1652Labels: Ecstasy of, Cornaro Chapel

    • Wikipedia

11. Alexander VII commissions St. Peter’s Square colonnade

    Jul 31, 1656Labels: Alexander VII, St Peter's

    • Vatican

12. Cathedra Petri programme begins in St. Peter’s apse

    Jan 1, 1657Labels: Cathedra Petri, St Peter's

    • Wikipedia

13. St. Peter’s Square colonnade completed

    Jan 1, 1667Labels: St Peter's, Bernini Urbanism

    • Vatican

14. Elephant and Obelisk unveiled at Piazza della Minerva

    Jan 1, 1667Labels: Elephant and, Piazza della

    • Wikipedia

15. Bernini dies, leaving a reshaped Roman Baroque cityscape

    Jan 1, 1680Labels: Gian Lorenzo, Roman Baroque

    • Wikipedia