Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli (1654–1735) was an Italian

Italy

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 late-Baroque

Baroque

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 sculptor.

Born in Massa Carrara, where he first worked under his father, a sculptor, in Finale Liguria and Savona

Savona

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. He worked in Genoa

Genoa

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 under his father-in-law Filippo Parodi

Filippo Parodi

Filippo Parodi was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, "Genoa's first and greatest native Baroque sculptor".-Biography:...

 for many years and was involved in portraiture. He accompanied Parodi to Venice and Padua. His studio became prolific after Parodi died in 1702. He sent statues and reliefs to Albizzuola, Cadiz

Cádiz

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, and Lisbon

Lisbon

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. His portrait of Marcantonio Grillo is in the Albergo dei Poveri in Genoa. His pupil, Pasquale Bocciardo (c. 1710 – c. 1791), completed posthumously the dramatic high altar for the church of Nostra Signora delle Vigne (Genoa).