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

Habakkuk and the Angel

1655
Terracotta, height 52 cm
Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican

The sculpture represents the scene when the angel is getting ready to lift Habakkuk by his hair and Habakkuk surrenders to the command to take his food to Daniel's cave.