Francesco Baratta the elder

Francesco Baratta the elder

Francesco Baratta the elder (c. 1590-1666) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period. He was born in Carrara, and moved to Rome to work under Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 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.

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*cite book | first= Stefano| last= Ticozzi| year=1830| title= "Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione"' (Volume 1)| editor = | pages= page 105-6 | publisher=Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24, 2007 | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=0ownAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Stefano+Ticozzi+Dizionario | authorlink=


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