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Italian sculptor
Entrance to Villa Barbarigo at Valsanzibio, designed by Bernini
Luigi Bernini
(1612,
Rome
- 22 December 1681, Rome) was an Italian engineer, architect, and sculptor.
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Life
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The son of
Pietro Bernini
and his wife Angelica Galante, he was born after the couple moved to Rome in 1605. He trained in his elder brother
Gian Lorenzo
's workshop and assisted him on several works such as the
Baldacchino of St Peter's
and the 1626 angel for the high altar in
Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio
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Works
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Bernini designed the 7-hectare gardens of
Valsanzibio
, where visitors to the garden arrived by
gondola
to a doorway of sculptures within sculptures within sculptures.
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