Ercole Ferrata (1610-1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque school. He was born in Como and died in Rome. He is know for the Bernini-inspired The Death of St Agnes [1] (1660-64) in Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome , as well as his Algardi-influenzed marble relief Stoning of St Emerenziana (1660) [2] in the same church. He sculpted the angel with a cross for the Pont Sant'Angelo and reportedly completed the elephant statue holding the obelisk in front of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Early in career worked with Fanzago and Finelli in Naples. // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Como is a city in Lombardy, Italy, 45 km north of Milan; the capital of the province of Como, it borders Lake Como. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... The facade of SantAgnese from piazza Navona. ... Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 - June 10, 1654), was an Italian sculptor and architect. ... The Pont Sant Angelo, once the Aelian Bridge or pons Aelius or bridge of Hadrian, was constructed between 134-139 AD by Roman emperor Hadrian to span from the Roman town center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant’Angelo. ... Facade of Santa maria sopra Minerva. ... Cosimo Fanzago (1591-1678) was an Italian Baroque Sculptor active in Naples. ... Giuliano Finelli was an Italian Baroque sculptor who emerged from the workshop of Bernini, and when he felt slighted by the commission of Saint Helena for the Vatican, left for Naples. ...

External links

• Web Gallery of Art: Ercole Ferrata
• Artcyclopedia: Ercole Ferrata