Corpus (Bernini)

Sculpture cast by Bernini

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Corpus

English: The Body
Artist| Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year| 1655 (1655)
Catalogue| 57
Type| Sculpture
Medium| Bronze
Subject| Jesus
Dimensions| Life-size
Location| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Preceded by| Bust of Francesco I d'Este
Followed by| Daniel and the Lion (Bernini)

Corpus (The Body) is a life-size bronze sculpture of the crucified Jesus by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Cast in 1650, Bernini held onto it in his private collection for 25 years.[1]

## History

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Corpus is considered one of the artist's "long-lost masterpieces".[1] It is believed that Bernini cast three versions of Corpus. One version was destroyed during the French Revolution, one belonged to the official collection of the royal family of Spain, and one that was recorded in the Perugia region of Italy in 1790 before going missing.[1] The Corpus donated to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto was long believed to have been cast by an unknown French artist. In 2004, following new scholarly studies of the work, Corpus was attributed to Bernini, who cast the sculpture for his personal collection.[1]

After being "lost" for over one hundred years, Corpus surfaced in Venice in 1908. Later it fell into private hands in the United States, but by that time it was misidentified as a work from the school of Giambologna. At an auction in 1975, it failed to sell for the very low price of $200. It was not until 2002 that it was recognized as a Bernini. And it took until 2005 for the provenance to be definitely and directly linked to Bernini.[2]

In January 2007, Toronto real estate developer Murray Frum negotiated to buy the sculpture from an art dealer in the United States, and then donated the sculpture to the Art Gallery of Ontario. Corpus is said to be worth $50 million in the current art market.[1]

## See also

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* List of statues of Jesus
* List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "$50M Bernini bronze donated to Toronto gallery". CBC News. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
2. ^ Alberge, Dalya (10 March 2016). "Art of discovery". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766.

## External links

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* Media related to Christ Crucified by Gianlorenzo Bernini (Toronto) at Wikimedia Commons

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List of works

Sculpture|

| 1610s|

* The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun
* Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni
* A Faun Teased by Children
* Boy with a Dragon
* The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
* Saint Sebastian
* Bust of Pope Paul V
* Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius
* Bust of Giovanni Vigevano
* Damned Soul
* Blessed Soul
* Bust of Camilla Barbadoni

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1620s|

* Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo
* Neptune and Triton
* The Rape of Proserpina
* Apollo and Daphne
* Bust of Pope Gregory XV
* St. Peter's Baldachin
* Charity with Four Children
* David
* Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto
* Saint Bibiana
* Busts of Pope Urban VIII
* Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya
* Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine
* Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin
* Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis
* Bust of Antonio Cepparelli
* Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl
* Two Angels in Sant'Agostino
* Bust of Francesco Barberini
* Bust of Antonio Barberini
* Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier
* Memorial to Carlo Barberini
* Tomb of Pope Urban VIII
* Saint Longinus
* Sleeping Hermaphroditus (mattress)

1630s|

* Statue of Carlo Barberini
* Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
* Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany
* Pasce Oves Meas
* Bust of Costanza Bonarelli
* Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini
* Statue of Pope Urban VIII
* Bust of King Charles I
* Bust of Thomas Baker
* Medusa

1640s|

* Bust of Cardinal Richilieu
* Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini
* Memorial to Ippolito Merenda
* Memorial to Maria Raggi
* Confessio of Santa Francesca Romana
* Raimondi Chapel
* Truth Unveiled by Time
* Bust of Pope Leo X
* Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
* Noli Me Tangere

1650s|

* Busts of Pope Innocent X
* Bust of Francesco I d'Este
* Corpus
* The Vision of Constantine
* Daniel and the Lion
* Habakkuk and the Angel
* Chair of Saint Peter
* Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen

1660s|

* Statue of Alexander VII
* Busts of Alexander VII
* Statue of King Philip IV of Spain
* Elephant and Obelisk
* Angel with the Crown of Thorns
* Angel with the Superscription
* Bust of Gabriele Fonseca
* Bust of Louis XIV
* Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV

1670s|

* Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
* Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
* Statue of Pope Clement X
* Bust of the Saviour

Architecture
and fountains|

* St. Peter's Square
* Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
* Lateran Baptistery
* Palazzo Barberini
* Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
* Santa Bibiana
* Fountains of St. Peter's Square
* Fontana della Barcaccia
* Fontana del Tritone
* Fontana delle Api
* Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
* Fontana del Moro

Paintings|

* Self-Portrait as a Young Man
* Portrait of Pope Urban VIII
* Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas
* Self-Portrait as a Mature Man
* Portrait of a Boy
* Christ Mocked

Related|

* Domenico Bernini (son)
* Pietro Bernini (father)
* Luigi Bernini (brother)

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