The Bernini Bust
“Is that what you think? That I forged a bust for him?”Flavia felt guilty even though Borunna’s admissions made him a legitimate suspect. “Well, that sort of thing. Could you have done it if he’d asked?”“Fake a Bernini? Oh, yes. Very simple. Well, not so simple, in fact, but perfectly possible. It’s the design that’s the thing. Get that right and it’s simple. Pius V, you say?”She nodded.“Of course, you know there’s a bronze copy in Copenhagen. So it would mainly be a copying job. Sculpting it wo...uld be straightforward, the only difficulty would be getting marble from the right quarry, and ageing it so it didn’t look too new. Again, not that difficult.”It was curious, she thought later; he took on board the practicality of forging a Bernini with no surprise at all. Very knowledgeable, as well. Not even Alberghi’s report in the Borghese had mentioned a bronze copy in Copenhagen.“Why do you think it was faked?” he went on.“I don’t; we don’t know. It’s a possibility.MoreLess
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