Santo Calegari
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Santo Calegari (1662 - 1717) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia.
He trained with Alessandro Algardi. His son Alessandro (1698-1777) was also a sculptor.
His statue of Angela Merici was erected in the main square of Desenzano del Garda in 1777.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Comune of Desenzano site(Italian)
- Federico Nicoli Cristiani (1807). Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani. Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia, pages 146-148.
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