Pier Paolo Campi (1668 – 1764) was an Italian Baroque sculptor. He worked in Rome for studio of

Pierre Le Gros the Younger Pierre Le Gros (12 April 1666 Paris – 3 May 1719 Rome) was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome where he was the pre-eminent sculptor for nearly two decades.Gerhard Bissell, ''Pierre le Gros, 1666–1719'', Reading ...

since 1703. His early works include: the Glory of the Angels, stucco, on the altar of

San Salvatore in Lauro San Salvatore in Lauro is a Catholic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located on a piazza of the same name in the rione Ponte. It stands on Via Vecchiarelli, just south of the Lungotevere Tor di Nona and north of via dei Coronari. Within Rom ...

in Rome, St. Bonaventure - statue on the balustrade of the colonnade of

St. Peter's Square Saint Peter's Square ( la, Forum Sancti Petri, it, Piazza San Pietro ,) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the pope, papal enclave and exclave, enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbor ...

in Vatican and marble sculpture of St. Sebastian for one of the altars of church Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona, Rome. In 1712, thanks to recommendation of Pierre Le Gros, he received first commission from Benedictine monastery in

Monte Cassino Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of . Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first h ...

. He worked on commissions from the abbey for next 23 years. The cooperation resulted in nine monumental sculptures of popes and abbey patrons. Most of those sculptures were destroyed during World War II; only the sculpture of St. Benedict partially survived. Two of his late works can be seen in

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in Rome: St. Giulliana Falconieri (1732) and St. Pietro Nolasco (1742).Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 17 (1974) - Robert Enggass. File:St. Juliana Falconieri.jpg, St. Juliana Falconieri, c. 1732, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. File:Sant'Agnese in Agone St.Sebastian.jpg, St. Sebastian, c. 1703, Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona, Rome.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campi, Pier Paolo Italian Baroque sculptors Italian male sculptors 1668 births 1764 deaths