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November 18, 2009
Andrea Bacchi, Catherine Hess, and Jennifer Montagu, eds. Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture Exh. cat. Los Angeles and Ottawa: J. Paul Getty Museum and National Gallery of Canada, 2008. 336 pp.; 155 color ills.; 114 b/w ills. Paper $44.95 (9780892369324)

Exhibition schedule: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, August 5–October 26, 2008; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, November 28, 2008–March 8, 2009; Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, April 2–July 12, 2009 (as “‘I Marmi Vivi:” Gian Lorenzo Bernini e la nascità del ritratto barocco, with catalogue in Italian)

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2009.119

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Costanza Bonarelli (ca. 1636–38). Marble. H: 72 x W: 35.6 x D: 25.4 cm. (25 x 14 x 10 in.). Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 81 S.

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With two independent exhibitions in 2008 devoted to the Baroque portrait bust—Heads on Shoulders: Portrait Busts in the Low Countries, 1600–1800, at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp; and Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture, co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Gallery of Canada—the genre of early modern portrait sculpture celebrated an unparalleled year. There has never been a specialized exhibition of Gianlorenzo Bernini’s portrait busts. For logistical...