# St Thomas [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LE GROS, Pierre the Younger]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Marble, height 425 cm ## Commentary The significant sculptural undertaking that inaugurated the eighteenth century in Rome was the realization of the colossal statues of the Apostles in twelve monumental, green marble niches, decorated by the dove symbol of the Pamphilj family, which Francesco Borromini built during the reconstruction of the interior of San Giovanni in Laterano. The statues, the completion of Borromini's project, were executed before 1718 by the most important sculptors of the time from Rome and elsewhere. The sculptors included Camillo Rusconi \(Andrew, Matthew, James the Greater, John the Evangelist\), Francesco Moratti \(Simon\), Angelo de' Rossi \(James the Less\), Giuseppe Mazzuoli \(Philip\), Lorenzo Ottoni \(Thaddeus\), as well as the Frenchmen Pierre-Étienne Monnot \(Peter, Paul\) and Pierre Le Gros \(Bartholomew, Thomas\). Among these sculptors Camillo Rusconi was the most noted sculptor of the first half of the century. The only one who effectively rivaled him was Pierre Le Gros. ## Related artworks - [Religion Overthrowing Heresy and Hatred]() - [St Aloyzius Gonzaga in Glory]() - [St Bartholomew]() - [St Dominic]() - [The Death of St Stanislas Kostka \(detail\)]() - [The Death of St Stanislas Kostka]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()