Alessandro Algardi
(1598–1654) Italian sculptor (1598–1654)
Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Alessandro Algardi belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Alessandro Algardi was born in Bologna and died in Rome. Alessandro Algardi studied under Ludovico Carracci. Alessandro Algardi worked in Bologna, Mantua, Venice, and Rome. Wikidata associates Alessandro Algardi with Baroque. The students included Simon Guillain.
The best-known works include ‘Athena Algardi Altemps’, ‘Statue of Hercules restored as killing the Hydra of Lerna’, and ‘Angel’. The catalogue has 15 works by Alessandro Algardi with free images. The dated works span the years 1620–1650. Works by Alessandro Algardi are held by several collections, among them Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, avdelningen för konstverk på Louvren, and Palazzo Doria-Pamphili. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Chen Hongshou, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Willem Hondius, Jean Lemaire, and Francisco de Zurbarán.