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Detail of the Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese by Finelli in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2014

Detail of the Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese by Finelli in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2014
Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577–1633)

Artist:Giuliano Finelli (Italian, Carrara 1601–1653 Rome)

Date:1631–32

Culture:Italian, Rome

Medium:Marble

Dimensions:Overall (confirmed): H. 32 1/4 x W. 30 7/8 x D. 16 in., Wt. 333lb. (81.9 x 78.4 x 40.6 cm, 151.0478kg); Overall height including socle (confirmed): 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm); Pedestal: H. 48 1/4 x Circum. 11 3/4 x W. 17 x D. 17 in. (122.6 x 29.8 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm)

Classification:Sculpture

Credit Line:Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953

Accession Number:53.201

Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577–1633) was the influential nephew of Pope Paul V and an enthusiastic and refined art collector. A document of 1632 records the payment to Finelli for this portrait bust, originally intended for the Villa Borghese in Rome. Finelli was a pupil of Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) and a sculptor known for his remarkable skill at carving marble.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/201593

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