Andrea Bolgi

A classically balanced Saint Helena in the crossing of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Andrea Bolgi (1605 — 1656) was an Italian sculptor who was born in the marble-working city of Carrara, spent most of his career in Rome and in Naples, where he died. His training was in Florence, which was a conservative center in the seventeenth century. In Rome he entered the circle of sculptors who were employed on occasion by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and were influenced by Bernini's Baroque style. For one of the niches at the crossing of the Basilica of Saint Peter, Bolgi executed his Saint Helena (1629-39, illustrated) one of the choice commissions of his generation.

After 1640 Bolgi moved to Naples, where he was noted for his portrait busts.

External links

• Roberto Piperno, "The statues in the octagon of St. Peter's" Brief survey of the commission overseen by Bernini.