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Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644), Maffeo Barberini

by Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1640

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Get a sneak peek at the new exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. "Artisans & Kings: Selected Treasures from the Louvre" opens on Oct. 5, 2007.

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Baroque sculptor Bernini created busts of several popes, and also designed the piazza of St. Peter's in Rome.

Photo: Peter Harholdt by permission of the Musee du Louvre, Paris/High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

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