Portret van Lorenzo Bernini

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

### Portrait of Lorenzo Bernini intimate etching, *Portret van Lorenzo Bern* (1622), by Italian engraver Ottavio Mario Leoni, captures the young Gian Lorenzo Bernini at age 24, already a rising star in Rome's vibrant art scene. Leoni, renowned for his precise portrait prints of artists, scholars, and nobility, immortalizes Bernini during the early Baroque period, when the sculptor was gaining fame under papal patronage for dynamic works like his *Apollo and Daphne*. The small scale—143 mm high by 110 mm wide—made it ideal for collectors' albums, spreading Bernini's image across Europe. Etch...