Algardi

Algardi, ALESSANDRO, born at Bologna in 1602, ranks next to Bernini among Italian sculptors of the 17th century, and excelled especially in the representation of the nude. His works, however, suffered from a striving after picturesqueness, opposed to the simplicity of true sculpture. The most important is a colossal relievo, in St Peter's, of 'Pope Leo restraining Attila from marching on Rome.' Algardi died in 1654.