Tommaso Amantini | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1625 |
Death Date: | 1675 (aged 49–50) |
Style: | Sculpture |
Movement: | Baroque |
Birth Place: | Urbania, Italy |
Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
Tommaso Amantini (9 March 1625 – 1675) was an Italian sculptor and painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Urbania in the Marche region of Italy, and died in Rome.[1] He studied with Bartoccini in Urbania, where he worked on maiolica. He then went to Borgo San Sepolcro to work with Federico Gioia. In Rome he was a part of the circle working for Bernini. He created some of the sculptures for the oratory of Saint Catherine in Urbania.[2]