Pietro Bernini

Mannerist sculptor and painter, born in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, the father of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He probably began his artistic training in the workshop of the sculptor Ridolfo Sirigatti. In c.1580 he travelled to Rome where he may have worked at the Vatican and, along with Antonio Tempesta and other painters, for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese at Caprarola. He then returned to Rome and dedicated himself to the study of sculpture, having demonstrated a talent for marble carving. His works include ‘St John the Baptist‘ in Rome, and ‘The Charity of St Martin’ in Naples (c.1610).

Pietro Bernini (May 6, 1562 — August 29, 1629) was an Italian sculptor.

Bernini was born in in Sesto Fiorentino, Tuscany.

One of Pietro Bernini's best known contributions to the city of Rome is the "Fontana della Barcaccia" which resembles a beached ship and is located in the Piazza di Spagna.