Ottaviano Jannella

Ottaviano Jannella (December 23, 1635, Ascoli Piceno – December 10, 1661, Rome) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period.

He was born in Ascoli Piceno to Jannello Jannella and Ippolita Tuzi. His skill at miniature carving and intaglio work, he initially joined the studio of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome. He entered the patronage of Cardinal Ottoboni, but then left to work in Brescia, Verona, and Florence. He died in Rome.

References

• Carboni, Cantalamessa. Memorie intorno i letterati e gli artisti della città di Ascoli nel Piceno. (published 1830) p 229.
• Baldinucci, Filippo (1728). Notizie de' Professori del Disegno, Da Cimabue in qua, Secolo V. dal 1610. al 1670. Distinto in Decennali (or Notice of the Professors of Design, from Cimabue to now, from 1610-1670). Stamperia S.A.R. per li Tartini, e Franchi (Googlebooks entry). pp. page 619. http://books.google.com/books?id=zVQGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=baldinucci#PPA153,M1. 

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Name	Jannella, Ottaviano
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Date of birth	December 23, 1635
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Date of death	December 10, 1661
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