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Dresden discovers lost Bernini in its sculpture collection Published: 8:45 PM, May 24, 2021 skull SHARE Dresden: Art historians at Dresden’s state sculpture collection believe they have uncovered a long-lost work by the Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), hidden in plain view in the famous collection. The work, a life-size and realistic human skull sculpted from white Carrara marble, is to be the highlight of the exhibition “Bernini,the Pope and Death” that opens on May 28 in the city’s Semper Gallery. The marble skull was part of the Chigi Collection in Rome until it was bought in 1728 by August the Strong, elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, according to information published by the Dresden State Art Collections on Friday. ....