Andrea Calamech

Andrea Calamech (* 1524 in Carrara ; † before December 9, 1589 in Messina ) was an Italian sculptor and architect of the Renaissance .

Andrea Calamech: bronze monument to Don Juan d 'Austria (Messina, Piazza Lepanto)

Life

Andrea Calamech was a member of a family of artists from Carrara. He was the son of a not further documented Lazzaro Calamech. Probably trained in Carrara, he became "Capomastro" (foreman) at the Orvieto Cathedral in 1537 .

He then worked for Bartolomeo Ammannati in Florence , where he approached the style of the Florentine sculpture school.

In 1563 he was appointed to Messina as a builder and sculptor for the cathedral, but returned a year later to Florence, where he created the two sculptures "Diligence conquers laziness" for the funeral services for Michelangelo .

In 1565 he was back in Messina, where, in addition to his sculptural work, he made a name for himself as an urban planner and architect. His best known works as an architect are the Palazzo Grano (1563), the Palazzo Reale (1583), the Ospedale Civico and the Palazzo Senatorio in Messina, all of which were destroyed by the great earthquake of 1908 .

Andres Calamech: Ospedale Maggiore, Messina (destroyed in 1908)

His son Francesco Calamech (active in Messina 1565–1582) and son-in-law Rinaldo Bonanno worked in his workshop .

Works (selection)

• Piazza Lepanto (Messina; original location: Piazza dei Catalani): bronze statue of Don Juan d 'Austria (1572)
• Messina Cathedral : bronze statue of St. Andrew, marble font
• Chiesa di San Gregorio (Messina): Architectural design
• Basilica di Santa Maria ( Randazzo ): Reconstruction of the church in the Florentine Renaissance style
• Cathedral ( Roccavaldina ): marble sculpture “Madonna della Grazie” (1566)
• Chiesa di San Bartolomeo (Rodì Milici): Statue of the Apostle Bartolomew
• Santuario della Madonna della Neve ( Santa Lucia del Mela ): marble statue of Archangel Michael
• Santa Maria Assunta ( Castroreale ): marble sculpture "Apostle James the Elder"
• Chiesa Santissimo Salvatore (Castroreale): John the Baptist (1568)
• Museo Regionale di Messina : Marble tomb monument "Marchesi-Barresi", designed by Calamech, implemented by Rinaldo Bonanno (from the Chiesa Santa Maria del Gesù)

literature

• Andrea Calamech . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 15, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22755-8 , p. 546.
• Calamech (Andrea C.) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 370 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ). - (In the family entry).

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