Paolo Naldini. Paolo Naldini was born in Rome on 10 June 1616, son Giovan Battista, sculptor, and of Virginia Mari.
Around 1630 he began training and training under the guidance of the painter Andrea Sacchi, where he stayed for six years and met Carlo Maratta, with whom he formed a deep friendship and from whom he received a great influence, typically classicist and academic. Naldini's first work was the stucco decoration of the central nave of the Roman basilica of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, from 1649 to 1652 and in 1671, including twelve stucco statues of Saints and Martyrs, in academic style.
The style of the stuccoes of the Roman basilica approached that of the classicist Alessandro Algardi, of whose works Naldini came to know in the workshop of his uncle Baldassarre, collaborator of both Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Algardi. Naldini was a national academic of San Luca from 1652 and from 1654 he was among the Virtuosi al Pantheon, the year in which he made a stucco Apollo for a fountain in Palazzo Cardelli, after which he executed the figure of San Prassede in the central nave of the basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, designed by Bernini.
Later he worked for the church of San Girolamo della Carità , between 1654 and 1656, where he made the valuable stucco medallions depicting San Francesco and San Bonaventura. Between 1659 and 1660 he was present in the construction site of the pala
Around 1630 he began training and training under the guidance of the painter Andrea Sacchi, where he stayed for six years and met Carlo Maratta, with whom he formed a deep friendship and from whom he received a great influence, typically classicist and academic. Naldini's first work was the stucco decoration of the central nave of the Roman basilica of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, from 1649 to 1652 and in 1671, including twelve stucco statues of Saints and Martyrs, in academic style.
The style of the stuccoes of the Roman basilica approached that of the classicist Alessandro Algardi, of whose works Naldini came to know in the workshop of his uncle Baldassarre, collaborator of both Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Algardi. Naldini was a national academic of San Luca from 1652 and from 1654 he was among the Virtuosi al Pantheon, the year in which he made a stucco Apollo for a fountain in Palazzo Cardelli, after which he executed the figure of San Prassede in the central nave of the basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, designed by Bernini.
Later he worked for the church of San Girolamo della Carità , between 1654 and 1656, where he made the valuable stucco medallions depicting San Francesco and San Bonaventura. Between 1659 and 1660 he was present in the construction site of the pala
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