Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A self-portrait c. 1675-80
RCIN 905539
Bernini was the leading sculptor and architect of the Roman Baroque, but he also executed a number of drawn and painted portraits. In this self-portrait, the ageing artist has investigated his own features with great honesty, revealing his deeply furrowed brow, hollow cheeks and sagging eyelids.
