Pieratti, Domenico

Domenico was active in Florence for all but the last years of his life. Both he and his brother assisted Andrea di Michelangelo Ferrucci (died 1626) after apprenticeships to Fancelli. Domenico was one of the sculptors employed on the architect Giulio Parigi's renovation and embellishment of Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens in Florence. He also created important works for the Barberini in Rome. He is noted for his picturesque naturalism and the open format of his sculpture groups. Italian sculptor.