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

Bust of Elisabetta Contucci Coli

1648
Marble
San Domenico, Perugia

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.