Francesco Maria Nocchieri, born in

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, was a seventeenth-century Italian sculptor of minor reputation active in Rome, where he spent time in the large studio of

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. He worked largely as a restorer of antiquities. He was among the many Roman sculptors patronised by

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in her retirement in Rome; for Christina he executed an ''Apollo'' (1680) to complement a set of Roman sculptures of

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that had been found at

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, which were doubtless restored by Nocchieri; the ''Apollo'' is now at

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. The largest collection of Nocchieri's sculptures today are in the Gardens of Aranjuez, Madrid. A

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'' bozzetto'' at the

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represents ''Apollo holding his lyre, attentive to the Muses''.acc. no.WA.OA291. Nicholas Penny, ''Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day'', 3 vols., Oxford 1992:68
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Some other sculptors in Rome renowned for their restorations

Carlo Albacini Carlo Albacini (1734 — 1813) was an Italian sculptor and restorer of Ancient Roman sculpture. He was a pupil of Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, an eminent sculptor and restorer of Rome. Albacini was notable for his copies after classical originals such ...

* Orfeo Boselli * Ippolito Buzzi *

Bartolomeo Cavaceppi Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (c. 1716 – December 9, 1799) was an Italian sculptor who worked in Rome, where he trained in the studio of the acclimatized Frenchman, Pierre-Étienne Monnot, and then in the workshop of Carlo Antonio Napolioni, a restore ...

Ercole Ferrata Ercole Ferrata (1610 – 10 July 1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque. Biography A native of Pellio Inferiore, near Como, Ferrata initially apprenticed with Alessandro Algardi, and became one of his prime assistants. When hi ...

* Francesco Fontana *

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric " ...

Vincenzo Pacetti Vincenzo Pacetti (1746–1820) was an Italian sculptor and restorer from Castel Bolognese, particularly active in collecting and freely restoring and completing classical sculptures such as the Barberini Faun (1799 – now in the Glyptothek, Mun ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nocchieri, Francesco Maria 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown