The Bust of Francesco I d'Este is a marble portrait bust by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Completed in 1652, the work depicts Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena. It is in the Museo Estense, Modena, Italy.[1] The noble yet detached expression of the face, the extensive drapery and the lavish locks of hair are often taken to be emblematic of the way Bernini represented "absolute monarchs" as seemingly adopting superior poses, oblivious to their surroundings.[2] A painting of the portrait bust, surrounded by various objects, undertaken by the artist Francesco Stringa in the late 1660s is in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.[3]

Bust of Francesco I d'Este
Artist	Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year	1650–1652 (1650–1652)
Catalogue	54
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Marble
Dimensions	100 cm (39 in)
Location	Museo Estense, Modena
Preceded by	Noli Me Tangere (Bernini)
Followed by	Corpus (Bernini)

See also

• List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Notes

References

• artsmia (2022). "Allegorical Still Life with Bernini's Bust of Francis I d'Este".
• Dombrowski, Damian (2011). "Apotheosis and Mediality in Bernini's Later Portrait Busts". Artibus et Historiae. 32 (63): 165–199. JSTOR 41479743.
• Wittkower, Rudolf (1966). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman baroque. London: Phaidon P. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

External links

• Media related to Bust of Francesco I d'Este at Wikimedia Commons

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