Vintage Baroque Style Self Portrait of Artist After Bernini, Signed (Oil in Canvas)

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Title:Vintage Baroque-Style Self-Portrait of the Artist After Bernini (Oil on Canvas)

Artist: Anonymous (after Gian Lorenzo Bernini)

Period: 20th Century … Read more Title:Vintage Baroque-Style Self-Portrait of the Artist After Bernini (Oil on Canvas)

Artist: Anonymous (after Gian Lorenzo Bernini)

Period: 20th Century (Vintage Interpretation)

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.25 x 24 inches (51.4 x 61 cm)

Condition: Shows signs of age, including fine craquelure across the surface and paint cracking along the edges where the canvas meets the stretcher bars. Please consult accompanying images for detailed condition report.

Signature: Lower right corner

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This painting is a skilled vintage interpretation of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's celebrated Self-Portrait (c. 1623), held in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. Executed in oil on canvas, the work captures the intensity and dramatic chiaroscuro characteristic of Bernini's Baroque style. The artist has carefully studied the original’s composition, replicating the master’s confident gaze and dynamic expression.

The piece exhibits the natural wear of age, with a network of fine cracks (craquelure) and more pronounced paint loss along the stretcher bars, adding to its historical charm. The presence of a signature suggests it was created as both an homage and an independent work by a later artist.

Provenance: Private collection Chadds Ford, PA

Conservation Notes: Stable but would benefit from controlled humidity and minimal handling to preserve existing integrity. See less