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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Apollo and Daphne, marble sculpture by Lorenzo Bernini, 1622–25; in the Borghese Gallery, Rome.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s father was Pietro Bernini (1562–1629), an Italian late Mannerist sculptor.1
Born in Tuscany, Pietro worked in Naples, where his son Gian Lorenzo was born. Pietro later moved to Rome to work for Pope Paul V and was instrumental in his son's early development, teaching him marble cutting and helping him secure early commissions from influential patrons like the Borghese and Barberini families.1