Bust of Giovanni Battista de Luca

Inscriptions

Inscribed: B.S. [Bernardino sculpsit] (on back)

Exhibition history

London, Heim Gallery, Italian Paintings & Sculptures of the 17th and 18th Centuries, June 7– Aug. 31, 1966, cat. 58 as Roman, Bust of an Ecclesiastic. Art Institute of Chicago, European Portraits, 1600–1900, July 8 – Sep. 11, 1978, cat. 37. Art Institute of Chicago, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, Mar. 5 - Aug. 7, 2016, cat. 104.

Publications

Italian paintings & sculptures of the 17th and 18th centuries, exh. cat (London: Heim Gallery, 1966), 19 cat. 58 as Roman, Bust of an Ecclesiastic. Susan Wise, ed., European Poirtraits in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1600-1900, exh. cat. (Chicago, Art Institute, 1978), 134-35 cat. 37. Andrea Bachi, Scultura del ‘600 a Roma (Milan: Longanesi, 1996), 807. Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, Victoria Sancho Lobis with essay by Maureen Warren, publisher The Art Institute of Chicago, distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London (2016)

Quick Overview

Artist: Bernardo Fioriti (Bernardino or Focoso; Italian, active 1643–1674)
Date: 1650–74
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H.: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: bust/head
Style: 17th Century
Place: Italy
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Elizabeth R. Vaughan Endowment
Accession no.: 1967.187

Provenance

Palazzo Cardinalizio di Ponziano, Rome [this and the following according to original dealer solicitation in curatorial file; see also London 1966 exh. cat. and Chicago 1978 exh. cat.]. Private collection, Rome. Heim Gallery, London, by 1966 [London 1966 exh. cat.]; sold to the Art Institute, 1967.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.