page_title: Busts of Pope Urban VIII
hierarchical_section_title: Busts of Pope Urban VIII
context_page_description: Several sculpted busts of Pope Urban VIII were created by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini, with varying amounts of assistance from other artists in his workshop:
  Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1623-4. Marble.
  San Lorenzo in Fonte, 1626. Marble. Assistance by Giuliano Finelli.
  Galleria Nazionale di Arte, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1637-8. Marble.
  Galleria Nazionale di Arte, Palazzo Barberini, Rome. Early 1640s. Marble. Largely the work of an assistant.
  Louvre, Paris. 1640. Bronze.
  Cathedral of Spoleto, 1642. Bronze.
  Collection Principe Enrico Barberini. Early 1640s. Porphyry. Adapted from existing antique statue, largely by assistants.
  Private Collection. 1658. Bronze
  In 2020, the Galleria Borghese began a fund raising campaign to purchase the last bust on this list from the Barberini family.
context_section_description: Several sculpted busts of Pope Urban VIII were created by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini, with varying amounts of assistance from other artists in his workshop: 
  Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1623-4. Marble.
  San Lorenzo in Fonte, 1626. Marble. Assistance by Giuliano Finelli.
  Galleria Nazionale di Arte, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1637-8. Marble.
  Galleria Nazionale di Arte, Palazzo Barberini, Rome. Early 1640s. Marble. Largely the work of an assistant.
  Louvre, Paris. 1640. Bronze.
  Cathedral of Spoleto, 1642. Bronze.
  Collection Principe Enrico Barberini. Early 1640s. Porphyry. Adapted from existing antique statue, largely by assistants.
  Private Collection (Barberini Family). 1658. Bronze
  In 2020, the Galleria Borghese began a fund raising campaign to purchase the last bust on this list from the Barberini family.
caption: 4. Assistant of Gianlorenzo Bernini, Bust of Urban VIII, early 1640s
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