ALGARDI, Alessandro
(b. 1598, Bologna, d. 1654, Roma)

Tomb of Giovanni Savenier and his Cousin

1638
Marble
Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome

Among portraits made in the final phase of Algardi's career are the marble busts of Giovanni Savenier (Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome), Antonio Cerri (City Art Gallery, Manchester), Elisabetta Contucci Coli (San Domenico, Perugia) and Odoardo Santarelli (Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome); the last of these is inside a frame designed by Algardi himself.

At right on the tomb of Savenier is the bust of his cousin, Gualtero Gualteri, made in 1659 by another sculptor.