Bernardino Cametti (1669–1736) was an Italian sculptor of the late

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Biography

Cametti was born in

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. Among his earliest works was a marble relief of the ''Canonization of St Ignatius'' (1695–1698) for the

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, based on a design by

Andrea Pozzo Andrea Pozzo (; Latinized version: ''Andreas Puteus''; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose fresc ...

, and a ''Monument to Count Vladislav Constantine Wasa'' ( Stimmate di San Francesco, 1698–1700), commissioned by Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani (later pope

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). In 1704, he helped complete the marble decoration on the facade of the cathedral of

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. Around 1706, he completed the ''Monument to Gabriele Filipucci'' for the archbasilica of St John the Lateran, Rome. That year he gained the title of nobility of cavaliere and became a member of the Congregation of the Virtuous of the Pantheon. In around 1717, he participated in a team led by

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, creating the memorial monument in St. Peter's basilica for

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. Cametti mainly worked on the relief of the sarcophagus representing the ''Institution of the

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''. The relief was completed by Carlo Mellone. In 1716, he completes the statues of ''St Luke and St. Mark'', for the Church of the Madonna di San Luca in Bologna. He sculpted an ''Allegory of Charity'' for a chapel in the church of Monte di Pietà in Rome (1721–24), He completed the busts of ''Maria Vincentina and Giovanni Muti'', for their family chapel at

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. Cametti's family originally came from

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in the

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, hence it was not surprising that after initially working in the studio of

Lorenzo Ottoni Lorenzo Ottoni, also known as Lorenzo Ottone or Lorenzone, (1658–1736) was an Italian sculptor who was commissioned by the papacy and various noble houses of Renaissance Italy. Life Ottoni was born in Rome in 1658 and spent the majority of h ...

in Rome, he was contracted to work in

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to complete sculptural altar relief of the
Annunciation
'(1729) for the

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, built by Juvarra, who also influenced the commission. For the main altar, he made a relief commemorating the victory by the divine intervention of the House of Savoy over the forces of Louis XIV in the siege of Turin in 1706.

Agostino Cornacchini Agostino Cornacchini (August 27, 1686 – 1754) was an Italian sculptor and painter of the Rococo period, active mainly in Rome. He was born in Pescia and died in Rome. In 1712, Cornacchini established himself in the household of his uncle, Car ...

(1686–1754) also contributed reliefs to the church. Cametti's relief influenced

Filippo della Valle Filippo della Valle (26 December 1698 – 29 April 1768) was an Italian late-Baroque or early Neoclassic sculptor, active mostly in Rome. Biography Della Valle was born in Florence. Initially apprenticed with Giovanni Battista Foggini in F ...

’s relief of the ''Annunciation'' for the church of

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in Rome. In 1714, he travelled to

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to sculpt cornice decoration for the chapel of Signorelli in the dome. He also received commissions for two large marble statues of St. Simon and St. Jacob the minor. Cametti also completed statues of angels crowning the ''St. Francis Regis'' altar of the church of the Descalzas Reales in

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, which features a large relief by

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. A ''Hunting Diana'' (1720) in the

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of Berlin is by Cametti. His ''Monument to prince

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'' in the church of Santa Rosalia in

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in 1704 reflects a change in tomb sculptural designs, moving away from the emotive

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