Pietro Bernini

(1562–1629) Italian sculptor, painter and restorer (1562-1629)

Pietro Bernini (Italy, 1562–1629) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Pietro Bernini belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Pietro Bernini was born in Sesto Fiorentino and died in Rome. Pietro Bernini studied under Giuseppe Cesari. Pietro Bernini worked in Rome, Naples, Florence, and Naples. Wikidata associates Pietro Bernini with Baroque.

The best-known works include ‘Fontana della Barcaccia’, ‘Saint Martin and the Beggar’, and ‘Seasons’. The catalogue has 6 works by Pietro Bernini with free images. The dated works span the years 1590–1617. Works by Pietro Bernini are held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Domenico Fontana, Lavinia Fontana, Ludovico Cigoli, Domenico Passignano, and Camillo Procaccini.

• Mannerism
• A Faun Teased by Children