Explore the abstract of this artwork, Daniel and the Lion (Bernini).
Daniel and the Lion is a sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini c. 1655–57. Standing in a niche in the Chigi Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, it shows the Prophet Daniel in the lions' den. It forms a part of a larger composition with the sculpture of Habakkuk and the Angel diagonally opposite.
Santa Maria del Popolo Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo Prophet Daniel Rome Habakkuk and the Angel Habakkuk Chigi Chapel Gian Lorenzo Bernini