Saint Agnes

Artist:: After a model by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome)

Date:: third quarter 17th century

Culture:: Italian, Rome

Medium:: Bronze

Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 13 15/16 × 6 × 5 7/8 in. (35.4 × 15.2 × 14.9 cm)

Classification:: Sculpture-Bronze

Credit Line:: Purchase, Bequest of Vivian W. Lehman, 1978

Accession Number:: 1978.202

Not on view

The saint is shown standing, her gaze lifted to heaven to emphasize her ecstatic expression. She wears a robe and heavy cloak and holds a palm symbolizing her martyrdom. A lamb, symbol of Saint Agnes, is depicted crouching at her feet. Another example of this statuette is in the Chapel of Palazzo Doria, Rome.

[ Alberto Colzi , Florence, by 1978 ] ; [ sale, Sotheby's, New York , June 1, 1978, lot 214; sold to MMA ]

Essays
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680)

Timelines
Rome and Southern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (42,433)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (26)

Object Type / Material

Bronze (12,217)

Copper alloy (18,995)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1600–1800 (74,669)

Neptune with a Dolphin

Artist: After a model by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome) Date: 17th century Medium: Bronze with black patina Accession: 46.183 On view in:Not on view

Sketches for a Wall Tomb with Skeletons

Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome) Date: 1630–40 Medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso) Accession: 1998.33a, b On view in:Not on view

Study for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies ? (verso)

Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome) Date: 1642–43 Medium: Red chalk, the background tinted with an almost imperceptible pale brown wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso) Accession: 1973.265 On view in:Not on view

Seated Figures of Saint Ursula and Saint Cecilia

Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome) - school of Date: 1598–1680 Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash Accession: 87.12.113 On view in:Not on view

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children

Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome) Date: ca. 1616–17 Medium: Marble Accession: 1976.92 On view in:Gallery 534