Francesco Baratta the elder
Francesco Baratta the elder (c. 1590–1666) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period.He was born in Massa di Carrara, and moved to Rome to work under Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He was one of many siblings, one of whom, Francesco, became an architect.
Bernini had him carve the bas-relief for the altar in the chapel of St Francis of Assisi made for the Marchese Raimondi di Savona for the chapel in San Pietro in Montorio.
The statue of the ''Rio della Plata'' in the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in Piazza Navona is attributed to Francesco. He completed a number of statues of ''Hercules'', ''Lucrezia'', and ''Cleopatra'' for the royal gallery of Dresden. His nephew, Giovanni Baratta was also a sculptor. Passeri describes him as imprudent and unruly in drinking and smoking, living without rules. Provided by Wikipedia
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7by Francesco Baratta, Daniele Pastori, Maria Del Ben, Licia Polimeni, Giancarlo Labbadia, Serena Di Santo, Fiorella Piemonte, Giulia Tozzi, Francesco Violi, Francesco AngelicoGet full text
Published 2015-07-01
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8by Maria Del Ben, Diletta Overi, Licia Polimeni, Guido Carpino, Giancarlo Labbadia, Francesco Baratta, Daniele Pastori, Valeria Noce, Eugenio Gaudio, Francesco Angelico, Carmine ManconeGet full text
Published 2018-02-01
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9by Francesco Baratta, Daniele Pastori, Simona Bartimoccia, Vittoria Cammisotto, Nicholas Cocomello, Alessandra Colantoni, Cristina Nocella, Roberto Carnevale, Domenico Ferro, Francesco Angelico, Francesco Violi, Maria Del BenGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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10by Alessia Di Costanzo, Annalisa Ronca, Laura D’Erasmo, Matteo Manfredini, Francesco Baratta, Daniele Pastori, Michele Di Martino, Fabrizio Ceci, Francesco Angelico, Maria Del Ben, Chiara Pavanello, Marta Turri, Laura Calabresi, Elda Favari, Marcello ArcaGet full text
Published 2020-12-01
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11by Vittoria Cammisotto, Francesco Baratta, Valentina Castellani, Simona Bartimoccia, Cristina Nocella, Laura D’Erasmo, Nicholas Cocomello, Cristina Barale, Roberto Scicali, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore Piro, Maria Del Ben, Marcello Arca, Isabella Russo, Francesco Purrello, Roberto Carnevale, Francesco Violi, Daniele Pastori, Pasquale PignatelliGet full text
Published 2021-07-01
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