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Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an
Italian high-Baroque
sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome. In the
latter decades of his...
- The
Algardi Firedogs (French -
chenets de l'Algarde) are two
small bronze sculptural groups,
individually entitled Jupiter holding his thunderbolt, seated...
- on the
Flight into
Egypt is a c.1640 gilt-bronze
relief by
Alessandro Algardi. It and its
companion piece The
Martyrdom of St Paul are
contemporary replicas...
- was
hugely influential on
French sculptors. Bernini's
rival Alessandro Algardi was
another leading sculptor in Rome. Lady of
Elche (limestone, Iberian...
- furniture,
sometimes designed them. The
Algardi Firedogs commissioned from the
Roman sculptor Alessandro Algardi for
Philip IV of
Spain by Velázquez in...
- Maidalchini's re****tion can be seen in her
unflattering bust by
Alessandro Algardi (circa 1650),
currently in the
Doria Pamphili Gallery.
Maidalchini was...
- and
casts of his most
famous sculptures),
Jacopo Sansovino,
Alessandro Algardi,
Antonio Calcagni,
Benvenuto Cellini (Medusa's head
dated c. 1547), Agostino...
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Saint Agnes commissioned from
Alessandro Algardi, but who died
shortly after receiving the commission.
Algardi provided a
small model while a full scale...
- Colonna,
Prince of Paliano, son of
Marie Mancini.
Marble bust by
Alessandro Algardi (Hermitage Museum)
Painting by
Giusto Sustermans (Palazzo Pitti) Painting...
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artists and architects, and
among later members we find Bernini, Cortona,
Algardi, and many others. The
institution still exists, and is now
called the Academia...
