Alessandro Algardi

Alessandro Algardi (31 Juli 1598 – 10 Juni 1654) adalah seorang pematung dan arsitek asal Italia, yang menjadi seniman penting bagi Paus Innocent X. Ia lahir di Bologna dan menerima pelatihan dengan Lodovico Carraci. Sekitar tahun 1625, Alessandro menetap di Roma dan terpilih menjadi kepala Akademi St. Lukas pada tahun 1639.

Ketika Paus Innocent X bertahta, Alessandro menggantikan Giovanni Bernini sebagai pemimpin seniman barok.

Galeri

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  A Gentleman
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  Maurizio Frangipane
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  Olimpia Pamphili
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  Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia
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  Pope Innocent X
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  Camillo Pamphili
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  Gasparo Molo

Bacaan lanjutan

• Jennifer Montagu (1985). Alessandro Algardi. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03173-4. 
• Bruce Boucher (1998). Italian Baroque Sculpture. Thames & Hudson, World of Art. 
• Alessandro Algardi in the "History of Art" Diarsipkan 2007-09-27 di Wayback Machine.
• Artnet Resource Library: Alessandro Algardi
• Web Gallery of Art: Diarsipkan 2006-01-31 di Wayback Machine. Algardi, sculptures
• Roderick Conway-Morris, "Casting light on a Baroque sculptor", International Herald Tribune, March 20, 1999: Review of exhibition "Algardi: The Other Face of the Baroque,", 1999
• A landscape pen-and-ink drawing by Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, c 1650, to which Algardi has added figures of the Holy Family (Getty Museum)
• Images of nearly all works Diarsipkan 2007-09-26 di Wayback Machine.
• Roberto Piperno, "Three busts by Alessandro Algardi" Busts of members of the Frangipane family in S. Marcello al Corso