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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Medalist: François Chéron French
1674
Not on view
The medal was ordered by Louis XIV to honor Bernini on his seventy-sixth birthday.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  • Artist: Medalist: François Chéron (French, Lunéville 1635–1698 Paris)
  • Date: 1674
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
  • Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Ogden Mills, by exchange, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.108
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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