David

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Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix

The Rape of Proserpina

Adoration of the Child

Apollo and Daphne

The Council of the Gods

Saint Jerome Writing

Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius

Young Sick Bacchus

David with the Head of Goliath

Apollo and Daphne with The Apotheosis of Romulus

Madonna and Child with St Anne

Roman Civilization and the Heroic Virtue of Honor

Boy with a Basket of Fruit

Sacred and Profane Love

Max Amid Roman Echoes

The Apotheosis of Romulus

Truth Unveiled by Time

Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese

Young Woman with a Unicorn

Historic Gardens of Villa Borghese

Atlantes and Deities

Max aming Berninis and Caravaggios

Pope Paul V Borghese

Max Contemplates Bernini’s Pluto and Proserpina

Venus Blindfolding Cupid

DavidGian Lorenzo Bernini

1269

This electrifying sculpture (1623–24) captures David mid-swing as he prepares to strike Goliath. Commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, it breaks from static Renaissance models by freezing a moment of intense motion and psychological resolve. Bernini’s vivid realism and spiraling pose typify the Baroque celebration of drama and energy.