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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...
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    Pope Leo XI (Italian: Leone XI; 2 June 1535 – 27 April 1605), born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...
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    famous artists, such as Raphael, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Alessandro Algardi, Pinturicchio, Andrea Bregno, Guillaume de Marcillat and Donato Bramante...
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    Giambologna's workshop in Florence, and in Rome on Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Alessandro Algardi. Samson Slaying a Philistine, about 1562, V&A Museum London Architettura...
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    Miracle of Saint Agnes commissioned from Alessandro Algardi, but who died shortly after receiving the commission. Algardi provided a small model while a full...
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    his portrait busts, one of which was by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and by Alessandro Algardi, whose restrained bust in a tondo is in the Church of Santa Maria...
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    commissioned as the fronts of andirons or firedogs from the Roman sculptor Alessandro Algardi for Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez in 1650 whilst he was Spanish...
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    Scene by Paul Bril. 4th Gallery: bust of Olimpia Aldobrandini by Alessandro Algardi; Saint John the Baptist by Caravaggio; Christ in the Temple by Mazzolino...
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    Louis XIV was hugely influential on French sculptors. Bernini's rival Alessandro Algardi was another leading sculptor in Rome. Lady of Elche (limestone, Iberian...
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    April 5 – Lorenzo Garbieri, Italian painter (born 1580) June 10 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor active mainly in Rome (born 1598) October 12 – Carel...
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    sculptural group depicting Magnificence and Religion (1650) by Alessandro Algardi. Algardi also helped design the high reliefs in stucco that run on both...
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  • The Rest 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...
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    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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    as these realities are clarified. The same topic was addressed by Alessandro Algardi in his baroque masterpiece, a marble relief of Fuga d'Attila (c. 1650)...
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    furniture, sometimes designed them. The Algardi Firedogs commissioned from the Roman sculptor Alessandro Algardi for Philip IV of Spain by Velázquez in...
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  • Claude Mellan, French engraver and painter (died 1688) July 31 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654) November 7 – Francisco de Zurbarán,...
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    Duquesnoy, Domenico Zampieri (il Domenichino), Giovanni Lanfranco, Alessandro Algardi and Nicolas Poussin. Bellori planned a work on Bolognese artists,...
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    from the niche. Other notable Italian Baroque sculptors included Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654), whose first major commission was the tomb of Pope Leo...
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    naturalist Antonio Alessandrini (1786–1861), anatomist and parasitologist Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654), a high-Baroque sculptor Giovanni Maria Artusi (c. 1540–1613)...
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    bas-relief representing The Beheading of Saint Paul was inspired by Alessandro Algardi, who worked almost exclusively in Rome. The Louvre owns two very different...
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    In the sacristy is a relief of the Ecstasy of St Mary Magdalene by Alessandro Algardi. History of early modern period domes Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    It appears to represent a reduction of a well-known sculpture by Alessandro Algardi. Still life was considered a lesser genre than even portraits or landscapes...
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    Maidalchini's reputation can be seen in her unflattering bust by Alessandro Algardi (circa 1650), currently in the Doria Pamphili Gallery. Maidalchini...
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    July 29 – Henricus Regius, Dutch philosopher (d. 1679) July 31 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian high-Baroque sculptor active in Rome (d. 1654) August 7 –...
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    designs but certainly is strongly dependent on a small baptism group by Alessandro Algardi. The funerary monument of Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari (died...
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    in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila. The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably...
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    sacristy is a marble sculptural group of S. Filippo with an Angel by Alessandro Algardi. The wall frescoes are by Francesco Trevisani and the Benediction...
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    Martha seeming to want to leave her niche. The apse decoration is by Alessandro Algardi. In the apse half-dome the History of Sant'Andrea and Virtues are...
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    studio of Bernini's main competitor Alessandro Algardi with whom he remained until his master's death. While in Algardi's studio, he worked on projects with...
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    decorates the cathedral include Giuseppe Valenti, Claudio Durante, Alessandro Algardi and Vincent Apap. The Cathedral Museum was established in 1897, and...
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