Agostino Cornacchini (August 27, 1686 – 1754) was an Italian sculptor and painter of the

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

period, active mainly in

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. He was born in

Pescia Pescia () is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the river of the same name. History Archaeological excavations have suggest ...

and died in Rome. In 1712, Cornacchini established himself in the household of his uncle, Cardinal Carlo Agostino Fabbroni, who until 1720 provided Cornacchini with a studio, lodgings and an income. His masterpiece is the '' equestrian statue of Charlemagne'' at the base of the

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on the entrance to the

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, which sits opposite

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's equestrian Constantine. His works can also be found in

Orvieto Cathedral Orvieto Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy. Since 1986 ...

and in the

Basilica of Superga The Basilica of Superga () is a church in Superga, in the vicinity of Turin. History It was built from 1717 to 1731 for Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, designed by Filippo Juvarra, at the top of the hill of Superga. This fulfilled a vow the duke ...

in Turin. File:Agostino cornacchini, endimione dormiente, 1716.jpg, ''Sleeping Endymion'', 1716,

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File:Agostino cornacchini, natività, 1712-20 ca. 02.jpg, ''Nativity'', 1712–20, Biblioteca Fabroniana, Pistoia File:Duomo di orvieto, cappella del corporale 03 agostino cornacchini, arcangelo michele (1729).JPG, ''Archangel Michael'', 1729,

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St Peter's Basilica statue
1686 births 1754 deaths People from Pescia 18th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Rococo sculptors 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub

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