(b Sesto Fiorentino, 5 May 1562; d Rome, 29 Aug 1629). Sculptor. He appears to have begun his artistic training in the workshop of the sculptor Ridolfo Sirigatti. Around 1580 he travelled to Rome, where he may have worked at the Vatican and with Antonio Tempesta and other painters for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese at Caprarola. According to Baglione, after this experience he returned to Rome and dedicated himself to the study of sculpture, having demonstrated a special talent for marble carving. No work has been identified from this period.

Part of the Bernini family

• Bernini, Pietro
  • Bernini
  • Naples, §II, 2: Art life and organization, 1442–c 1600
  • Naples, §II, 3: Art life and organization, c 1600–c 1700
  • attributions
    • Bernini: (2) Gianlorenzo Bernini, §I, 1(i): Sculpture, to 1623
  • collaboration
    • Bernini: (3) Luigi Bernini
    • Borghese: (1) Paul V
    • Naccherino, Michelangelo
    • Ponzio, Flaminio
  • patrons and collectors
    • Barberini: (1) Urban VIII, §1: Education and early patronage, to 1622
    • Naples, §IV, 3: Certosa di S Martino
  • pupils
    • Fanzago, Cosimo, §2: Sculptural works
  • restorations
    • Borghese: (3) Marcantonio Borghese IV
  • restorations by others
    • Borghese: (2) Scipione Borghese
  • works
    • Italy, §IV, 4(viii): Baroque sculpture, c 1600–c 1750: Kingdom of Naples
    • Rome, §VII, 2(iii): Sculpture gardens, 17th century and after