Angelo de Rossi
![''Saint James the Less'' (1705-11), St. John Lateran, Rome](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Jacobus_Minor_San_Giovanni_in_Laterano_2006-09-07.jpg)
In 1699, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni appointed de' Rossi court sculptor in the Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome, and put him in charge of making the ''Tomb of Pope Alexander VIII'', Ottoboni's granduncle, in St. Peter's Basilica (in parts finished after de' Rossi's death). Another important work is the apostle ''Saint James the Less'' in St. John Lateran, Rome (1705–11). The commemorative ''Bust of Arcangelo Corelli'' (died 1713) in the Protomoteca Capitolina of the Palazzo del Senatore of the Campidoglio, Rome, is also attributed to de' Rossi.
De' Rossi was said to be close friends with Pierre Le Gros. With a promising career ahead, Angelo de' Rossi died prematurely in Rome.
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