Bacanal: fauno importunado por niños

Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian
 and Pietro Bernini Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 534

Prodigio de habilidad asombrosa, Gian Lorenzo Bernini fue aprendiz de su padre Pietro, artista de múltiples talentos. Durante el periodo de aprendizaje, padre e hijo colaboraron en numerosas esculturas en mármol que hacen patentes las aspiraciones y la maestría del hijo. El grupo escultórico del Museo, la más ambiciosa de esas obras, muestra el afán del joven artista por representar grupos de figuras entrelazadas con gran variedad de texturas. Buen testimonio de ello es la tensión muscular del fauno, su boca desdentada, los niños regordetes, la corteza del árbol y los racimos de frutas jugosas. Inspirada en sarcófagos antiguos, esta escena báquica presenta la fusión de clasicismo y naturalismo característica del arte romano en el umbral del barroco.

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome

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Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome), Marble, Italian, Rome

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