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<p> an [[Italian]] sculptor, was born at [[Bologna]] about the year 1600. He was employed at Rome through the influence of Domenichino, and achieved a reputation as the first sculptor of his time by a statue of St. [[Philip]] Neri, in then sacristy of the Oratorian | Alessandro Algardi <ref name="term_19188" /> | ||
==References == | <p> an [[Italian]] sculptor, was born at [[Bologna]] about the year 1600. He was employed at Rome through the influence of Domenichino, and achieved a reputation as the first sculptor of his time by a statue of St. [[Philip]] Neri, in then sacristy of the Oratorian Church in that city, and a colossal group representing The Decapitation of St. Paul, in the Church of the [[Barnabites]] at Bologna. He executed the bronze statue of [[Innocent]] X, erected to commemorate the completion of the [[Capitol]] at Rome, the monument of Leo XI in St. Peter's, and a bass-relief representing [[Attila]] checked by St. Leo for one of the altars in the same church '''''—''''' the largest work of the kind in the world. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_19188"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/algardi,+alessandro Alessandro Algardi from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_19188"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/algardi,+alessandro Alessandro Algardi from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:47, 15 October 2021
Alessandro Algardi [1]
an Italian sculptor, was born at Bologna about the year 1600. He was employed at Rome through the influence of Domenichino, and achieved a reputation as the first sculptor of his time by a statue of St. Philip Neri, in then sacristy of the Oratorian Church in that city, and a colossal group representing The Decapitation of St. Paul, in the Church of the Barnabites at Bologna. He executed the bronze statue of Innocent X, erected to commemorate the completion of the Capitol at Rome, the monument of Leo XI in St. Peter's, and a bass-relief representing Attila checked by St. Leo for one of the altars in the same church — the largest work of the kind in the world.
