Rusconi Sassi, Ludovico

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Rusconi Sassi, Ludovico (1678–1736). Italian Baroque architect. His works include the Aedicula, Via del Pellegrino (1715–16), and the Odescalchi Chapel, Santissimi Apostoli (1719–22), both in Rome, in which the influence of Borromini was apparent. He also designed the Chapels of the Holy Sacrament in the Churches of San Lorenzo in Damasco, Rome (1732–6), and Santa Lucia, Porto Fiumicino (1735).

Bibliography

Fasolo (1949);
Grioni (1975);
Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, xxxvii (1974), 218–48;
Zocca (1959)