Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680. Below, four female figures in marble representing virtues, and in the centre foreground a bronze figure of Death holding an hourglass. Fabio Chigi was elected Pope in ...

An assistant apparently completed the bust after Bernini was ordered to stop so he could work on the Charles I portrait bust. Our collection also includes a bozzetto for the monument to Pope Alexander ...

But when descendants of the 17th-century cardinal Flavio Chigi had thick layers of dark overpainting removed, they realised they owned an extraordinary sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ...

The basilica, erected over the tomb of St Peter the Apostle, is the largest religious building in the world, the fruit of the combined genius of Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bernini and Maderna.

One of the most significant restorations is of Bernini's Baldachin, a canopy that sits atop the tomb of St. Peter. "Before, you have to imagine, I think, it was very black. And now we can admire ...