Pietro Bernini | |
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Born | Pietro Bernini 6 May 1562 |
Died | 29 August 1629 Rome, Papal States, in present-day Italy | (aged 67)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Fontana della Barcaccia |
Movement | Baroque style |
Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor.[1] He was the father of one of the most famous artists of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini,[2] as well as the sculptor-architect Luigi Bernini.