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Bernini’s precociousness. The Saint Lawrence of the Uffizi.

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What I did when I was 16:

Person riding a scooter along an empty road between flat fields and bare trees

What Gian Lorenzo Bernini was doing at 16 (Saint Lawrence on the Grill, Uffizi Gallery, Florence):

Saint Lawrence on the Grill by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, carved at age 16, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Detail of the gridiron and carved marble flames beneath Bernini's Saint Lawrence, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Detail of the saint's open hand resting on the gridiron, Bernini's Saint Lawrence, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Torso and upturned head of the martyr, Saint Lawrence on the Grill by Bernini, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
High-angle view of Bernini's Saint Lawrence reclining on the gridiron, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Close-up of Saint Lawrence's tilted head and curly hair, Bernini's marble, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Close-up of the upturned face and chest of Bernini's Saint Lawrence on the Grill, Uffizi Gallery, Florence

End of a sad story.

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