Filippo Parodi
Filippo Parodi | |
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 Glory of Saint Anthonyby Parodi and assistants, 1689-97 (Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua | |
| 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 theBaroqueperiod, "Genoa's first and greatest native Baroque sculptor".[1]
Biography
[edit]Filippo Parodi was born inGenoainto 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 ofBerninias an assistant (1655–1661), although he appears to have been influenced byAlgardiand his pupilErcole Ferrata.Under Bernini, Parodi learned to exploit the sensuous and tactile possibilities of the marble to enhance the emotional impact. The influence of the Roman Baroque style permeates his early work.[3]Later on returning to Genoa, he met the French Baroque sculptorPierre Puget,who stayed in Genoa from 1661–1666. Parodi developed a large studio to handle a large number of commissions.[4]
In Genoa during the 1661-1670s, he completed anEcstasy of Saint Marthafor Santa Marta, aSaint JohnforSanta Maria di Carignano,and aVirgin and ChildforSanti Vittore e Carlo.[4]
InVenice,he completed the elaborate funeralMonument of BishopFrancesco Morosini(1678), inSan Nicolò da Tolentino.[5]
ForJohann Adam Andreas I von Liechtensteinof Vienna, he produced two allegorical busts:ViceandVirtue,which remain in theLiechtenstein collection,Vienna. The expressive bust ofVicehas a specific Bernini source in Bernini'sAnima dannata.
His sculptures commissioned by Eugenio Durazzo in 1679 during the renovation of thePalazzo Balbi Durazzo,Genoa, remainin situ(the presentPalazzo Reale); they are a sentimentalChrist at the Columnfor the chapel and a set of four mythological figures fromOvid'sMetamorphoses(Venus, Clytie, Adonis, and Hyacinth) for the garden. The statues are emotive and often witty reworkings of sculptures byBernini.[6]
In 1689, Parodi was in charge of the architectural, decorative and sculptural design of theCappella della Pietàin the abbey church ofSanta 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 theGlory of Saint Anthony(1689–97) in the polychrome marble setting of theCappella del Tesoro( "Chapel of the Treasure" ) at theBasilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.The cornice is crowded with celebrative angels by his student, Pietro Roncaioli,[2]astuccadorfrom Lugano.
Parodi also worked withGiacomo Antonio Ponsonelli(1654–1735) an Italian late-Baroque sculptor who was also his son-in-law. Parodi's son,Domenico Parodi(1672–1742), was a painter of some merit, initially apprenticed withSebastiano Bombelli,then, in the early 1690s, working in the studios ofCarlo Marattaand then his pupilPaolo Girolamo Piola.Other pupils of Parodi wereAngelo de' Rossi,Andrea Brustolon,the brothersFrancesco,Francesco Bonanni, andBernardo Schiaffino.
Other works
[edit]- 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]
- Winterfrom a set of Seasons (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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Baptism of Christ, Santa Maria delle Vigne, Genoa -
Lucretia -
Madonna del Carmine, Santi Vittore e Carlo -
Madonna con angeli, 1690 ca
Notes
[edit]- ^Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors,Jennifer Montagu,Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750,1999, Part 3 p. 63.
- ^ab"Leader, Anne." This Day in History: July 22 ", Italian Art Society".Archivedfrom the original on 2023-10-26.Retrieved2023-12-28.
- ^"Filippo Paro",The Oxford Companion to Western Art,(Hugh Brigstocke, ed.) OUP, 2001Archived2023-10-26 at theWayback MachineISBN9780198662037
- ^ab""Allegory of Autumn", The Metropolitan Museum of Art ".Archivedfrom the original on 2023-10-26.Retrieved2023-12-28.
- ^Barzazi, Antonella (2012)."Morosini, Giovan Francesco".Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani,Volume 77: Morlini–Natolini(in Italian). Rome:Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.ISBN978-8-81200032-6.
- ^"Christ at the Column".Archivedfrom the original on 2006-07-21.Retrieved2006-10-30.
- ^"Acquisitions of the month: December 2018".Apollo Magazine.11 January 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 27 March 2019.Retrieved28 December2023.
References
[edit]- 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.
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