Girolamo Lucenti (1627–1692) was an Italian sculptor of the

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period, active in

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. He initially trained with

Alessandro Algardi Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome. In the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the major rivals ...

, and at Algardi's death was one of the four ''giovani'' who shared the studio, but later also worked for Algardi's rival,

Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, ; ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor ...

. His unemotional angel at the

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is a reflection of an Algardian-restraint for an exuberant Bernini project. He also completed a tomb for Cardinal Girolamo Gastaldi (1685–1686) in the choir of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, and four bronze busts of popes in

Santa Maria in Montesanto Santa Maria in Montesanto is a titular minor basilica church in Rome, in the Rione Campo Marzio, which stands in Piazza del Popolo, between Via del Corso and Via del Babuino. It is also known as the Church of the Artists (). The church is pop ...

, its twin. Following a design provided by Bernini, Lucenti executed a Statue of King Philip IV of Spain in

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.S.F. Ostrow, "Gianlorenzo Bernini, Girolamo Lucenti, and the Statue of Philip IV in S. Maria Maggiore" ''The Art Bulletin'', 1991.

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* *Touring Club Italiano (TCI) ''Roma e dintorni'' 1965:182, 344, 465. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucenti, Girolamo 1627 births 1692 deaths 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors