Filippo Parodi
Filippo Parodi | |
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Born | 1630 Genoa, Italy |
Died | July 22, 1702 |
Nationality | Italian |
Style | marble sculptor |
Family | Domenico Parodi |
Filippo Parodi (1630 – 22 July 1702) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, "Genoa's first and greatest native Baroque sculptor".[1]
Biography
Filippo Parodi was born in Genoa into a family of sculptors. His father, Giovanni Battista, was a woodcarver. Filippo trained in the family workshop. Having developed his facility with wood, he then transferred his mastery to marble in the 1670s. He also worked in stucco.[2]
His two extended sojourns in Rome refined his style; he joined the studio of
In Genoa during the 1661-1670s, he completed an Ecstasy of Saint Martha for Santa Marta, a Saint John for
In Venice, he completed the elaborate funeral Monument of Bishop Francesco Morosini (1678), in San Nicolò da Tolentino.[5]
For
His sculptures commissioned by Eugenio Durazzo in 1679 during the renovation of the
In 1689, Parodi was in charge of the architectural, decorative and sculptural design of the Cappella della Pietà in the abbey church of Santa Giustina. The ceiling is adorned with stucco angels. In the center is the Pietà, surrounded by statues of Mary Magdalene and John the Apostle. In 1691 he and his studio were responsible for the six white marble sculptures of saints and the Glory of Saint Anthony (1689–97) in the polychrome marble setting of the Cappella del Tesoro ("Chapel of the Treasure") at the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. The cornice is crowded with celebrative angels by his student, Pietro Roncaioli,[2] a stuccador from Lugano.
Parodi also worked with
Other works
- Glory of the Magdalene, high altar, S. Maria delle Vigne, Genoa [1].
- Boy with a Skull (Vanitas) Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
- Sleeping Christ Child (Cleveland Museum of Art) [7]
- Winter from a set of Seasons (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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Baptism of Christ, Santa Maria delle Vigne, Genoa
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Lucretia
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Madonna del Carmine, Santi Vittore e Carlo
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Madonna con angeli, 1690 ca
Notes
- ^ Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, Jennifer Montagu, Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, 1999, Part 3 p. 63.
- ^ a b "Leader, Anne. "This Day in History: July 22", Italian Art Society". Archived from the original on 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ISBN 9780198662037
- ^ a b ""Allegory of Autumn", The Metropolitan Museum of Art". Archived from the original on 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- ^ "Christ at the Column". Archived from the original on 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- ^ "Acquisitions of the month: December 2018". Apollo Magazine. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
References
- Bruce Boucher (1998). Thames & Hudson (ed.). Italian Baroque Sculpture. p. 78.
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). Pelican History of Art, Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. 1980. Penguin Books Ltd. p. 448.