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Alessandro Algardi

1595 - 1654

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Algardi is the 26th most popular sculptor (down from 22nd in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 795th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Sculptor.

Alessandro Algardi was a sculptor and architect who is most famous for his sculptures of "The Rape of Persephone" and "The Rape of the Sabine Women."

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Among sculptors, Alessandro Algardi ranks 26 out of 258. Before him are Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, Henry Moore, Luca della Robbia, Andrea Pisano, and Alexander Calder. After him are Giovanni Pisano, Alexander Archipenko, Rosa Bonheur, Claus Sluter, Antoine Bourdelle, and Ossip Zadkine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Alessandro Algardi ranks 5. Before him are Pocahontas, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Władysław IV Vasa, and Injo of Joseon. After him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Vasile Lupu, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Pieter de Molijn. Among people deceased in 1654, Alessandro Algardi ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, and Axel Oxenstierna. After him are Carel Fabritius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Samuel Scheidt, İslâm III Giray, Peter Claver, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Jacques Lemercier.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Algardi ranks 832 out of 5,161. Before him are Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), and Margherita of Savoy (1851). After him are Curzio Malaparte (1898), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Alexius of Rome (400), Flavio Briatore (1950), and Maria Goretti (1890).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Alessandro Algardi ranks 8. Before him are Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Antonio Canova (1757), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Nicola Pisano (1225), Luca della Robbia (1399), and Andrea Pisano (1290). After him are Giovanni Pisano (1248), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Bonanno Pisano (1150), Bernardo Rossellino (1409), and Salvatore Garau (1953).

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