Carlo D'Aprile

Carlo D'Aprile (* 1621 in Genoa , † 1668 in Palermo ) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Baroque in Sicily .

Life

D'Aprile was born in Genoa as the son of a marble sculptor. Works by him are only proven in Palermo. His training course and when he came to Palermo is unknown. It is documented that he was commissioned by Archbishop Martino de Leon (1650–1655) in Palermo in 1655 to work on road and town construction projects as well as the decorative design of the cathedral . For example, from 1655 to 1656 D'Aprile created the marble statues of Saints Sergio, Agathon, Sylvia, Agathe and Katharina for the balustrade of the cathedral square. For the niches of the Quattro Canti he made statues of the kings Charles V, Philip II, and Philip III from 1661 to 1663. and Philip IV. The sculpture of Santa Rosalia on the facade of the Palazzo delle Aquile, made in 1661, comes from him.

He worked with Gaspare Guercio on the facade design of the Church of San Matteo (until 1664) and on the bronze monument of King Philip IV for the Piazza Reale in Palermo (destroyed in 1848).

literature

• Enrico Mauceri : Aprile, Carlo d ' . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 45 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Werner Müller: Aprile, Carlo d ' . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 4, Seemann, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-598-22744-2 , pp. 582-584.
• Maria Giuffrè: Baroque Sicily. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-264-2 , p. 100 ff.

Web links

• Entry in the Archivio biografico comunale of Palermo