A once-overlooked terracotta figure sculpted by Bernini in 1653 has been acquired by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Boasting a characteristic swath of dramatic details, Triton is the only sculpture by the ...

For decades, it looked like an unremarkable old statue. But when descendants of the 17th-century cardinal Flavio Chigi had thick layers of dark overpainting removed, they realised they owned an ...

A statue by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini given on permanent loan by a private owner has been put on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The statue, of the mythical sea creature Triton, ...