(b ?Florence, c. 1675; d St Petersburg, 18 Nov 1744). Sculptor. He probably studied under Giovanni Battista Foggini in Florence (e.g. a marble statue of Mary Magdalene, 1705; Florence, Mus. S Marco) and later worked in Rome and, at the beginning of the 18th century, in Paris, where he executed several funerary monuments (destr.). In March 1716 he arrived in Russia.

Part of the Rastrelli family

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