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![A self-portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg/269px-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg)
Credit: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, self-portrait
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680) was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and a prominent figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was a successor to Michelangelo as the architect of Saint Peter's Basilica; his design of the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica is one of his most innovative and successful architectural designs.