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(3) Luigi Bernini
(b Rome, 1612; d ?Rome, 1681). Sculptor and engineer, brother of (2) Gianlorenzo Bernini. He was first trained in sculpture by his father (1) Pietro Bernini and then by his brother. His earliest work is one of a pair of marble angels for S Agostino, Rome (1628; completed by Giuliano Finelli). He also carved the stemme and Barberini sun on the Barcaccia Fountain (1627–9) in the Piazza di Spagna, Rome, a collaboration with his father and brother.
Part of the Bernini family
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