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Collections

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Portrait of a Gentlemancirca 1670-1675

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Model Lives in Baroque Italy
White marble portrait bust of a middle-aged man with a mustache and soul patch, draped clothing with deep carved folds, mounted on a honey-gold stone pedestal
Marble bust of a middle-aged man in profile facing left, with wavy hair, mustache, and an open collar shirt; finely carved drapery and polished surface, mounted on a bronze-toned base.
Plaster bust viewed from behind, showing a figure with roughly textured shoulders and modeled hair; tool marks and hatched chisel work visible across the base and upper back, mounted on a small bronze support.
Marble portrait bust of an older man in three-quarter profile, with wavy hair, furrowed brow, and a small chin beard; the truncated shoulders are left rough-hewn, contrasting with the finely detailed face.
White marble bust of an older man with a mustache and goatee, gazing slightly upward and to the left, wearing a collared coat with visible buttons, finely carved with smooth surface detail.
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Italy, Naples, 1598-1680, active Rome
Title
Portrait of a Gentleman
Date Made
circa 1670-1675
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Overall incl. socle: 28 × 22 × 13 in. (71.12 × 55.88 × 33.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2015.4a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance
Antonio Muñoz (1884–1960), Rome, ca. 1920. Antonia Nava Cellini and Pico Cellini, Rome (ca. 1930–40). Taddei family, Lugano, before 1944, by descent to; Madeline de Loriol, widow of Enzo Taddei, in the early 1990s. Giancarlo Gallino, Turin, by 1991. Private collection, Turin. [Salander O’Reilly Galleries, New York, by 2004]. [Filippo Benappi and Sascha Mehringer, 2014, sold 2015 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.