BARIGIONI, Filippo. — Architect and sculptor, born in Rome in 1690, died there in 1753. He carried out most of his work in Rome: his principal work in sculpture is the monument to Maria Clementina Sobieski in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican (1735), executed in collaboration with P. Bracci. He was the architect of the sumptuous chapel of St Francis of Paola in S. Andrea delle Fratte and carried out various restorations, including that of S. Gregorio della Divina Pietà (1729). He worked in Urbino, where he restored the church of S. Domenico (1732).
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