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Born July 31, 1595 • Bologna • Papal States
Died June 10, 1654 (aged 58) • Rome • Italy
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi: Meeting of Attila and Pope Leo
Leo XI, detail from a tomb monument by Alessandro Algardi, 1634-44; in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
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Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.
Benedetto da Maiano
Italian sculptor
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.
Antoine Coysevox
French sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Desiderio da Settignano: A Little Boy
Desiderio da Settignano
Italian sculptor
Laurana, Francesco: A Princess of the House of Aragon
Francesco Laurana
Italian sculptor
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor
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Germain Pilon
French sculptor
“Monument of Lady Elizabeth Nightingale,” white and black marble sculpture by Louis-François Roubiliac, 1761; in the Chapel of St. Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, London
Louis-François Roubiliac
French sculptor
Portrait believed to be of John Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
John Michael Rysbrack
English sculptor
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Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italian sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
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Luca della Robbia
Florentine sculptor
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Andrea Sansovino
Italian architect
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Pietro Lombardo
Italian sculptor
Detail from the monument of Cardinal Piero Riario by Andrea Bregno and Mino da Fiesole; in the church of Santi Apostoli, Rome, 1477.
Mino da Fiesole
Italian sculptor
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Giovanni Dupré
Italian sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste: tomb of Maurice, comte de Saxe
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
French sculptor

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