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Which early Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpture was made for Maffeo Cardinal Barberini?
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Apollo and Daphne, marble sculpture by Lorenzo Bernini, 1622–25; in the Borghese Gallery, Rome.
An early sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini commissioned by Maffeo Cardinal Barberini (who later became Pope Urban VIII) is the St. Sebastian, carved circa 1617.1