Sculptors

Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654) – unappreciated master of the Baroque art

Sculptors

Andrea Sansovino (approx. 1467–1529) – the one who was able to bring the dead back to life

Sculptors

Antonio Canova (1757–1822) – praised by his contemporaries, disregarded by later generations

Sculptors

Antonio Raggi (1624–1686) – a second pair of hands for master Bernini

Sculptors

Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511–1592) – the beginnings of an outstanding career of a great Italian Mannerist

Sculptors

Camillo Rusconi (1658–1728) – a little known genius of the turn of the centuries

Sculptors

Cosimo Fancelli (1618–1688), a great, but second-tier master of the Roman Baroque

Sculptors

Domenico Guidi (1625–1701) – meaning Bernini in the French style

Sculptors

Ercole Ferrata (1610–1686) – an imitator of extraordinary talent

Sculptors

Francesco Cavallini (1640–1703) – a sculptor of garlands and swaying saints

Sculptors

Francesco Mochi (1580–1654) – ousted, forgotten, disconsolate

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Giovanni (Gian) Lorenzo Bernini (1599–1680) – Impulsive, arrogant and ingenious favorite of the popes

Sculptors

Giovanni Battista Maini (1690–1752) – elegance of late Baroque

Sculptors

Giuliano Finelli (1602–1653) – a sculptor of lace, leaves and collars, but also more

Sculptors

Jacopo Sansovino (1486–1570) – unappreciated in Rome, famous in Venice

Sculptors

Michelangelo (1475–1564), a painter by force – divine, yet miserable

Sculptors

Pierre Le Gros (1666–1719) – the dramatically halted magnificent Roman career

Sculptors

Pietro Bracci (1700–1773) – a master of elegance and theatrical gestures

Sculptors

Stefano Maderno (c. 1570–1636) – an artist famous for just one statue