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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Algardi has received more than 99,405 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alessandro Algardi is the 22nd most popular sculptor (up from 32nd in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,014th in 2019) and the 7th 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

Among sculptors, Alessandro Algardi ranks 22 out of 258. Before him are Scopas, Henry Moore, Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, Jacopo Sansovino, and Luca della Robbia. After him are Giovanni Pisano, Alexander Calder, Andrea Pisano, Paul Landowski, Gustav Vigeland, and Leochares.

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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, Vasile Lupu, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Albert Girard. 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, Peter Claver, İslâm III Giray, Samuel Scheidt, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Jacques Lemercier.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Algardi ranks 795 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Metastasio (1698), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), and Eros Ramazzotti (1963). After him are Nero Julius Caesar (6), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Clementia of Hungary (1293), Athalaric (516), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), and Giambattista Basile (1566).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Alessandro Algardi ranks 7. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Antonio Canova (1757), Nicola Pisano (1225), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), and Luca della Robbia (1399). After him are Giovanni Pisano (1248), Andrea Pisano (1290), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Andrea Sansovino (1467), and Bernardo Rossellino (1409).

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