Ercole Ferrata

Place: Como

Born: 1610

Death: 1686

Biography:

Ercole Ferrata (1610 – 10 July 1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque. A native of Pellio Inferiore, near Como, Ferrata initially apprenticed with Alessandro Algardi, and became one of his prime assistants. When his mentor died, Ferrata and another pupil, Domenico Guidi, completed Algardi's unfinished Vision of Saint Nicholas at San Nic...