(b Pelsoto [now Pellio Inferiore], nr Como, 1610;
d Rome, 11 April 1686).
Italian sculptor. He was apprenticed at an early age to the
sculptor Tommaso Orsolino ( fl 1616–?1674) of Genoa
and was in Naples by 1637, when he is recorded as a
marble-worker in the Corporazione di Scultori e Marmori. He
remained in Naples for about nine years, during which time
he carved several statues, including life-size ones of St
Andrew, St Thomas and two members of the D’Aquino
family kneeling in prayer (1641–6; S Maria la Nova, chapel
of S Giacomo della Marca) as well as decorative and garden
sculpture for villas of the nobility. Some of this work was
done in collaboration with Cosimo Fanzago.
Ercole
Ferrata. Angel
with Cross c. 1668
Terracotta
Hermitage (St Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Ercole
Ferrata. Genius
with a Portrait Medallion
Terracotta
c. 1668
Hermitage (St Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Ercole
Ferrata. The Death of St Agnes
1660-64
Marble, over life-size
Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome
Ercole
Ferrata.
Stoning of St Emerenziana
1660
Marble, height 310 cm
Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome
