Medal Depicting Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) from the Illustrious Men of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (reverse)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal Depicting Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) from the Illustrious Men of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (reverse)

Date
1830–34
Medium
bronze
Culture
France, 20th century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor, urban planner, architect, painter, set designer, and playwright during the Renaissance. He designed many churches, monuments, and the canopy over the high altar at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Naples was a center of medal and coinage minting for several centuries in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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