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

Monument of Odoardo Santarelli

c. 1640
Marble
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

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 monument of Odoardo Santarelli is in the antechamber of the baptistery in Santa Maria Maggiore. The bust of Santarelli is inside a frame designed by Algardi himself.