Alessandro Algardi

Alessandro Algardi
Anonymous portrait of Alessandro Algardi, 1654, Accademia di San Luca, Rome
Born(1595-07-31)31 July 1595
Bologna, Papal States
Died10 June 1654(1654-06-10) (aged 58)
Rome, Papal States
EducationAgostino Carracci
Known forSculpture
Notable work
MovementBaroque

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 life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the major rivals of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome. He is now most admired for his portrait busts that have great vivacity and dignity.

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