Carlo Chelli

Carlo Chelli (* 1807 in Carrara ; † April 16, 1877 ibid) was an Italian sculptor .

Life

Carlo Chelli studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara . While still a student, he won the competition for the allegorical statues Faith and Religion for the Gran Madre di Dio church in Turin in 1827 . In 1831 he won a scholarship for a stay in Rome , where he studied with Carlo Finelli , with the bas-relief Alexander at the feet of the high priest . From around 1840 he lived and worked in Bologna before returning to Rome in 1857.

Chelli created allegorical and religious statues and funerary monuments. He also received commissions in Chile through his brother Eusebio Chelli , who was an architect and professor of architecture and ornamentation in Santiago de Chile.

Works

Faith statue in front of Gran Madre di Dio in Turin

Marble statues Faith and Religion , Gran Madre di Dio Church, Turin, 1827
Bas-relief of Alexander at the feet of the high priest , 1831
Ganymede , 1834
Dancer , 1835
Madonna and Child, Basilica of San Francesco, Bologna, 1844
Allegory of the nautical , tomb for the Mariscotti family, Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna , 1844
Statue of the prophet Ezekiel , Pillar of the Immaculate Conception , Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 1858
Tomb for General Grabinski, Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna, 1861
Tombs in the Church of Santo Domingo, Santiago de Chile , 1862–1865
Paolo e Virginia , 1863, now in the Accademia di Carrara
Nicola Pucetti's tomb in the Church of Santa Maria in Aquiro , Rome, 1868
Allegorical statues music and poetry , Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Chile, around 1870

literature

Chelli, Carlo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 450–451 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Chèlli, Carlo. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved July 12, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Carlo Chelli - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alfonso Panzetta: Chelli Carlo . Storia e Memoria di Bologna

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Giovanna Capitelli: Il mercato global dell'arte sacra romana nell'Ottocento. Pratiche, committenze, intermediari, artisti . In: Giovanna Capitelli, Stefano Grandesso, Carla Mazzarelli (eds.): 'Roma fuori di Roma'. L'esportazione dell'arte moderna da Pio VI all'Unità (1775–1870) . Campisano Editore, Rome 2012, ISBN 978-88-88168-90-6 , p. 477-505 .

personal data
SURNAME	Chelli, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Carrara
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1877
Place of death	Carrara

[capitelli-1] A ^b Giovanna Capitelli: Il mercato global dell'arte sacra romana nell'Ottocento. Pratiche, committenze, intermediari, artisti . In: Giovanna Capitelli, Stefano Grandesso, Carla Mazzarelli (eds.): 'Roma fuori di Roma'. L'esportazione dell'arte moderna da Pio VI all'Unità (1775–1870) . Campisano Editore, Rome 2012, ISBN 978-88-88168-90-6 , p. 477-505 .