Alfonso Lombardi

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Lamentation of Christ , approx. 1522–1526, Bologna Cathedral

Alfonso Lombardi (* approx. 1497 in Ferrara , † 1537 in Bologna ), also Lombardi da Lucca , Alfonso da Ferrara and Alfonso Lombardo , was an Italian sculptor .

Giorgio Vasari dedicated a chapter to him in his work Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori .

Lombardi's sculptural group Death of the Virgin (1522) in the oratory of the Church of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna. It shows the twelve apostles around the coffin of the Virgin in 15 larger than life figures.

A formally comparable group of sculptures, the Lamentation of Christ by Niccolò dell'Arca , can be found in the church next to the oratory.

literature

  • Antonietta Maria Bessone-Aurelj: Dizionario degli scultori ed architetti italiani , Società anonima editrice D. Alighieri, Genoa 1947.
  • Vasari, Giorgio, Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori , various editions and translators.
  • Albert Hirmer, Joachim Poeschke : The sculpture of the Renaissance in Italy Volume 2: Michelangelo and his time .
  • Wilhelm von Bode : The Italian sculpture .
  • Graziano Campanini, Daniela Sinigalliesi: Alfonso Lombardi: lo scultore a Bologna . 2007.

Web links

Commons : Alfonso Lombardi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bolognawelcome.com/da-vedere/storia-arte/params/CategorieLuoghi_34/Luoghi_148/ref/Oratorio%20dei%20Battuti
personal data
SURNAME Lombardi, Alfonso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lombardi da Lucca; Alfonso da Ferrara; Alfonso Lombardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1497
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferrara
DATE OF DEATH 1537
Place of death Bologna