| Damned Soul | |
|---|---|
| Latin:Anima damnata | |
| Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
| Year | 1619 (1619) |
| Catalogue | 7 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | Life-size |
| Location | Palace of Spain, Rome |
| Preceded by | Bust of Pope Paul V |
| Followed by | Blessed Soul (Bernini) |
Damned Soul (Italian:Anima dannata) is a marble sculpture bust by the Italian artistGian Lorenzo Bernini as a pendant piece to hisBlessed Soul.[1] According to Rudolf Wittkower, the sculpture is in thePalazzo di Spagna in Rome. This may well be what is known today as the Palazzo Monaldeschi.[2]
There is a bronze copy, executed byMassimiliano Soldani Benzi some time between 1705 and 1707, in theLiechtenstein Collection.
Recent scholarship on the sculpture has queried whether its topic is not the Christian personifications of pain (possibly inspired byprints byKarel van Mallery),[3][4] but a depiction of asatyr.[1]
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