Bartolomeo Ferrari
Bartolomeo Ferrari (born July 18, 1780 in Marostica near Vicenza , † February 8, 1844 in Venice ) was an Italian sculptor .
Life
Bartolomeo Ferrari came from a wealthy and respected family who moved to Venice in the mid-18th century.
Under the guidance of his uncle Giuseppe (Bernardi) Torretti, Ferrari became a sculptor. At first he did the simplest work. He later continued his studies in Venice, where he carved ship figures in the arsenal as well as crucifixes and saints in wood.
After a short stay in Florence , he returned to Venice and was mainly active in the field of church sculpture (works for San Maurizio and the Jesuit church in Venice, for San Carmine in Padua , tombs for Ferrara). He also made two reliefs ( Ulysses and Calypso and Ulysses and Nausicaa ) as well as the casting of Canova's Pietà for the church in Possagno and the colossal bust of Emperor Francis I for the arsenal in Venice.
Particularly noteworthy is his restoration of the bronze Lion of St. Mark , which returned from Paris to Venice with a broken wing after the Napoleonic War.
Bartolomeo's son, Luigi Ferrari (1810-1894), also became an important sculptor.
literature
- General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes. Conversation lexicon; 10th edition 1853, FA Brockhaus Leipzig.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Ferrari, Bartolomeo II . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 192 ( digitized version ).
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SURNAME | Ferrari, Bartolomeo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1780 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Marostica near Vicenza |
DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1844 |
Place of death | Venice |