''Damned Soul'' () is a marble sculpture bust by the Italian artist
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, ; ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italians, Italian sculptor and Italian architect, architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prom ...
as a pendant piece to his ''
Blessed Soul''.
[ According to Rudolf Wittkower, the sculpture is in the ]Palazzo di Spagna
The Palazzo di Spagna (Palace of Spain); also known as the Monaldeschi Palace, is a Baroque (architecture), Baroque historic Italian Baroque-style palace in the Piazza di Spagna(Spanish Square) that was previously owned by the Monaldeschi famil ...
in Rome. This may well be what is known today as the Palazzo Monaldeschi.
There is a bronze copy, executed by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
Massimiliano Soldani or Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (15 July 1656 – 23 February 1740) was an Italian baroque sculptor and medallist, mainly active in Florence. Born at Montevarchi, the son of a Tuscan cavalry captain, Soldani was employed by th ...
some time between 1705 and 1707, in the Liechtenstein Collection
The Gartenpalais Liechtenstein (eng.: Liechtenstein Garden Palace) is a baroque palace on Fürstengasse in Vienna's 9th district, Alsergrund. The palace is owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, rulers of Liechtenstein. It sits on the sou ...
.
Recent scholarship on the sculpture has queried whether its topic is not the Christian personifications of pain (possibly inspired by prints by Karel van Mallery),satyr
In Greek mythology, a satyr (, ), also known as a silenus or ''silenos'' ( ), and sileni (plural), is a male List of nature deities, nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection. ...
.
See also
*List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
The following is a list of works of sculpture, architecture, and painting by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The numbering follows Rudolph Wittkower's Catalogue, published in 1966 in ''Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roma ...
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1620s sculptures
Busts in Italy
Marble sculptures in Italy
Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Bronze sculptures in Austria
Sculptures in Rome
Sculptures of men