Life of the Knight Gio. Lorenzo Bernino sculptor, architect, and painter, written by Filippo Baldinucci Fiorentino, Filippo Baldinucci, used, To the sacred and royal majesty of Cristina Queen of Sweden, Art, Modern, dimanoinmano. It
Vita del Cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino scultore,

Alla sacra e reale maestà di Cristina Regina di Svezia

Author: Filippo Baldinucci

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Vita del Cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino scultore, - Alla sacra e reale maestà di Cristina Regina di Svezia

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Alla sacra e reale maestà di Cristina Regina di Svezia

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Publisher:  Stamperia di Vincenzio Vangelisti

Place of printing:  Florence

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Product Condition:
Cardboard binding with semi-erased calligraphic title on the gusset on the spine, in poor condition: lacks, small woodworm holes in the back, tears on the hinges, very dirty and worn marbled plates, with tears and lacks at the edges and corners, which leave the edges uncovered exterior of the front guard sheet, of the cover sheet and of the last card which appear dirty as a result. Slightly loose notebook binding. Well preserved papers with rare blooms and traces of dust on the edges.

Pages:  (12), 111, (1)

Format:  In fourth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  29
Width:  22

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First edition of Bernini's important biography written by Filippo Baldinucci, painter and art historian. Bernini had only died a year ago when Baldinucci arrived in Rome in 1681 and on behalf of Christina, Queen of Sweden, he began to work on this biography which is also a defense of the great architect's work against his detractors who accused him of compromising the stability of the Michelangelo dome of St. Peter with his works on the Basilica. Baldinucci's work makes use of direct testimonies from collaborators and the study of the documents of the Fabbrica di San Pietro, for a portrait that is both historical, artistic and human by Bernini. The text is accompanied by a beautiful portrait engraved by Arnold van Westerhout based on a drawing by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (in our copy not positioned in the front door, but immediately before the text) and by 9 tables at the end of the volume, 4 of which are folded referring to the basilica of San Peter. There is an eighteenth-century counterfeit of this book missing from the portrait and which differs from the original edition by a detail of the title page: after Gio the triangular point is replaced by a colon.

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