Habakkuk and The Angel
Title
Habakkuk and The Angel
Date
1655-1661
Identifier
7752
Alternative Title or Name
Santa Maria del Popolo
Creator
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
Creator Nationality
Italian
Work Type
visual works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Baroque
Subject
statues
Description
View of Bernini's statue Habakkuk in the funerary chapel for Agostino and Sigismondo Chigi at Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, Italy. "Based on a story in an apocryphal text, Habakkuk is urged by the angel, who pulls on his hair, to take food to Daniel who is imprisoned in the lion's den. Here the angel points to Daniel, who is represented in the niche across from the grouping ... Both Daniel and Habakkuk are characteristic of Bernini's late style, defined by emotional works with stretched bodies in extreme contrapposto,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.
Material/Medium
marble (rock)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
N3ITBER1-21655-611(1)
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