Clemente Molli

Clemente Molli (c. 1599–1664) was an Italian sculptor born near Bologna into a family from Russi in Romagna; contemporaries also knew him as an architect and man of letters. After studying humanities and philosophy he turned to sculpture, working across northern Italy on statues and marble groups before settling in Venice, where he joined the Accademia degli Incogniti.

Between 1644 and 1646 he carved in Warsaw the giant bronze statue of Sigismund III Vasa for Costante Tencalla's column. He died in Venice on 14 March 1664.