Tusk snapped off famed Bernini statue in Rome square
The marble tusk tip, restored in 1977 and previously broken in 2016, was recovered by police who are investigating possible vandalism at the historic Bernini sculpture.
- On Wednesday, Italian police said they are investigating how the elephant sculpture lost the tip of its left tusk again after officers recovered an 11-centimeter marble fragment over the weekend.
- The replacement piece dates to 1977 restoration work, and Rome city hall said the same tip had previously broken off during an act of vandalism in 2016.
- Investigators are checking nearby cameras at the Piazza della Minerva, where the statue holds an obelisk, to identify responsible parties for the break.
- Given its proximity to the basilica, the Bernini elephant's damage affects a popular historic landmark in Rome, which was already vandalized in 2016.
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A Popular Bernini Sculpture of an Elephant in a Rome Square Was Damaged. Was It Weather or Vandalism?
Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s popular marble sculpture of an elephant in Rome’s Piazza della Minerva was damaged over the weekend, with a four-inch fragment of the tip of one of its tusks broken off and found on the ground. Local authorities discovered the damage over the weekend and revealed it on Monday night. It’s at least the second time the statue has sustained damage. The tip of the same tusk was broken off in 2016 by a vandal a…
A tusk of a Roman elephant statue in Minerva Square has been broken. Authorities are investigating and restoration work has already begun.
Mystery as Famous Elephant Statue Loses Tusk—Again
DEA / C. BALOSSINI / De Agostini via Getty Images One of Rome’s most photographed monuments is missing a piece—again. Italian police are investigating how the elephant sculpture designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini lost the tip of its left tusk for a second time. Authorities found the 11-centimeter,…
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Independent EspañolROME (AP) — The Italian police investigate how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the sculpture of an elephant designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, once again lost the tip of his left tusk. Police found the 11-inch (4-inch) marble fragment near the statue during the weekend. They determined that it was not original of Bernini’s work, but was added during restoration work in 1977. The same tip had already been broken during an ac…
A statue of an elephant by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini was vandalized in Rome on Monday night. Vandals broke one of the tusks of the elephant sculpture with an obelisk, which was unveiled in the city center in 1667, city officials said. The monument is one of the most popular sculptures in the Italian capital.
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