Giovanni Battista Maini [SEP] place of death
Giovanni Battista Maini
Giovanni Battista Maini (6 February 1690 – 29 July 1752) was an Italian sculptor of the Late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.
He was born in Cassano Magnago in Lombardy, and died in Rome. He may have had contacts with Foggini in Florence. By 1708, he had moved to Rome where he joined the large studio of Camillo Rusconi, where he worked for over twenty years. Among his first commission was the execution in bassorilievo (relief) of the "Glory of
" by Marini, Francesco Cozza, and Filippo Gherardi. In the transept, the altar (1736) was designed by Filippo Barigioni, the altarpiece of "Saint Francis of Paola" was painted by Paris Nogari, the stuccoed angels were added by Giovanni Battista Maini. The presbytery dome has a fresco of the "Multiplication of the loaves and fishes" by Marini. Behind the altar, is a "Crucifixion of Sant’Andrea" by Giovanni Battista Lenardi, the "Entombment of Sant’Andrea" by Francesco Trevisani, and a "Death