A Bernini sculpture spoliated a century ago returns to its original set in the Gallery of the Royal Collections

The Ganges River has returned to the Fountain of the Four Rivers. This cryptic headline summarizes the history of the recovery of a small spoliated sculpture, work of the genius Neapolitan artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), which reappeared in a Barcelona auction house in November 2021 and which, since today, Thursday, has returned to its original space. The figure, 26 centimeters high by 24 inches wide, in bronze, represents the great riv…

The sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a famous Baroque sculptor, can already be seen in the Austrian Hall of the Gallery of the Royal Collections. It is the Fountain of the Four Rivers, which since this week has been renewed with the addition of a small piece, a model of which is in the Piazza Navona in Rome. The figure of the Ganges, returned to the institution after winning the 'Bernini sentiment'. A victory of National Heritage after locatin…