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Cardinal Scipione BorgheseGian Lorenzo Bernini
This vivid portrait (1632) captures a moment of speech, the cardinal's parted lips and quickened gaze suggesting sudden animation. Carved in Carrara marble, it was the second version sculpted after the first cracked. Completed in just 15 days, it testifies to Bernini’s genius and the cardinal’s role as his most important patron.
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