Cristoforo Milanti
Cristoforo Milanti (active in Trapani in the 18th century ) was with his brother Giuseppe Milanti a sculptor and plasterer of the late Baroque in Sicily .
Life
The brothers came from a family whose ancestor Antonio Milanti came from Marsala . He had moved to Trapani for professional reasons and was married to a Giacoma with whom he had two sons Leonardo and Vincenzo Milanti. Vincenzo married Antonia di Via in 1643 and had two sons, Diego and Francesco Milanti, who became sculptors. His brother Leonardo married Rosa in 1655, the daughter of a sculptor named Cristoforo Castelli. From this connection came the brothers Giuseppe and Cristoforo Milanti, who both worked as sculptors in Trapani and Palermo. The younger Cristoforo was accidentally referred to by Vincenzo Migliore in his report Itinerario per le vie, piazze, vicoli e cortili della città e contorni di Palermo… as "Ottavio Melante".
The two brothers come from Trapani, where most of their works were created. In 1661 her father carved the wooden crucifix for the church of San Francesco d'Assisi in Trapani. Almost nothing is known about Cristoforo's date of birth, except that it is probably around 1660.
He created the tondo with the representation of the Holy Family above the main portal of the church of Santa Teresa alla Kalsa in Palermo , in the church of San Francesco d'Assisi in Trapani, 11 (of the former 18) stucco allegorical figures representing the virtues of Francis describe, as well as the Madonna del Soccorso in the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Soccorso, called Badia Nuova .
Only works by Giuseppe Milanti (born 1658) in Trapani are known, such as a crucifix by San Francesco in the Collegio del Gesuiti, the Madonna dell 'Rosario in the Chiesa San Pietro and the Mother of Sorrows in the Chiesa di S. Ninfa dei Crociferi. Two processional figures (Ecce Homo and L'Addolorata) of the traditional Misteri di Trapani procession are also attributed to the Milanti brothers .
literature
- Milanti, Cristoforo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 554 .
- Giuseppe M. Di Ferro: Milanti, Giuseppe scultore . In: Biografia degli uomini illustri trapanesi dall'epoca normanna sino al corrente secolo . tape 3 . Mannone e Solina, Trapani 1831, p. 172–177 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- Milanti, Cristoforo cassiciaco.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Milanti, Cristoforo cassiciaco.it (Italian).
- ↑ Vincenzo Migliore: Itinerario per le vie… della città e contorni di Palermo… 1824, p. viii ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ drepanon.org (PDF).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milanti, Cristoforo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century or 18th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trapani |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century or 19th century |
| Place of death | Trapani |