Giacomo Colombo (1663–1730) was an Italian sculptor, painter and engraver, he worked in

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in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Biography

Colombo was born in 1663 in Este,

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. He moved to Naples in 1678. Colombo was a student of sculptor,

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. Colombo's sculptures were made primarily in

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, polychrome wood, and

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. He also worked on

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s of his work. He worked in the Arcadian–

Rococo Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...

style. Colombo worked on Croce di Lucca, a church in Naples, and carved a large-scale

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, created decorative stucco arches, and worked on carving the marble stoups in 1688 working alongside sculptor

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. Between 1703 and 1704, Colombo was commissioned to create two

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for the tombs of

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, Princess of

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from

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, and her infant son Niccolò II Ludovisi at the church of San Diego all'Ospedaletto. Other works by Colombo are found at the chapel of San Vincenzo at

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(between 1724 and 1726, Naples),

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(1691),

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(1698), amongst others. He died in Naples on 1730.

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1663 births 1730 deaths Artists from the Kingdom of Naples Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 17th-century Italian sculptors 18th-century Italian sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors 18th-century Neapolitan people Artists from Padua Rococo sculptors 17th-century Neapolitan people {{Sculptor-stub