Sleeping Hermaphroditus
In 1619, Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned the Baroque Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt the mattress under the marble figure. This work is a Roman copy that was probably inspired by a Greek original of the 2nd century BC. This statue is…

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (Venice)
Part of a monument to Vittorio Emanuele II on the Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice. Vittorio Emanuele II (1849-1861) was the first King of united Italy in 1861.