''Pasce Oves Meas'' is a sculptural relief designed by the Italian artist

Gianlorenzo Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, ; ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor ...

and executed by members of his workshop, with some involvement of Bernini himself. The work was commissioned in 1633 but was not installed in its destination of St Peter's, Rome until 1646. ''Pasce Oves Meas'' means 'Feed My Sheep' which was a command Jesus gave to St Peter to look after his 'flock' in various ways. The sculpture is located at the entrance to the Basilica. Bernini was commissioned to design the piazza and fittings of the church as part of the rebuilding of St Peter's Basilica. St Peter's is an example of Italian

High Renaissance In art history, the High Renaissance was a short period of the most exceptional artistic production in the Italian states, particularly Rome, capital of the Papal States, and in Florence, during the Italian Renaissance. Most art historians stat ...

architecture and Bernini a leading figure in

Baroque sculpture Baroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque style of the period between the early 17th and mid 18th centuries. In Baroque sculpture, groups of figures assumed new importance, and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human ...

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