BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo
(b. 1598, Napoli, d. 1680, Roma)

Bust of Camilla Barbadori

1619
Marble, height 77 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Camilla Barbadori (died 1609) was the mother of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644), the future Pope Urban VIII. Her bust was to join a companion piece of the cardinal's father, prince Antonio Barberini (1507-1571), in niches in the family vault at the Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome. The bust was possibly commissioned by her eldest son Carlo Barberini (1562-1630), who became head of the Barberini family when his father died. The other son, Maffeo, would become Pope Urban VIII in 1623.