Boy with a Dragon
| Boy with a Dragon | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Pietro Bernini/Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
| Year | 1617 |
| Medium | White marble |
| Subject | Hercules |
| Location | Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
| Owner | Getty Museum |
| Accession | 1987 |
Boy with a Dragon is a c. 1617 white marble sculpture, now in the Getty Museum, which has owned it since 1987.[1] It draws on the myth of the infant Hercules strangling serpents sent to kill him.
It was carved by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII). In 1702 Urban's grand-nephew Carlo Barberini presented the work to Philip V of Spain on the latter's entry into Naples.[2]
References
- Back to citation "Boy with a Dragon (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- Back to citation "Sculptor Pietro Bernini died on 29 August 1629 in Rome. – Italian Art Society". www.italianartsociety.org. Retrieved 2026-03-04.