Ercole Rosa
Ercole Rosa (born February 13, 1846 in Rome , † October 12, 1893 there ) was an Italian sculptor .
Life
Rosa's father, Antonio Rosa, earned a living for the family as a stonemason and by selling self-made crib figures made of terracotta , which Rosa helped to make. His mother's name was Blandina and was born Gabrielli. Both parents died early and he was sent to the Ospizio di San Michele , an orphanage in Rome. He stayed there until its dissolution in 1862, after which he worked for various sculptors. He was influenced by Vincenzo Vela . In 1867 he was a fellow campaigner of Giuseppe Garibaldi at Mentana . He was the teacher of Antonio Ugo and Juan Manuel Ferrari (1874-1916), a sculptor from Uruguay.
Works
- In 1879 Rosa was commissioned to create an equestrian statue of the first Italian king, Victor Emmanuel II , which was erected on June 24, 1896 on the Piazza del Duomo in Milan. The bronze statue shows the king on his horse during the Battle of San Martino , the bronze was cast by Ettore Ferrari . The base reliefs depict the entry of the French-Piedmontese troops into Milan after the Battle of Magenta. A total of 64 people can be seen on the bronze high reliefs, including Bersaglieri , French grenadiers , Zouaves and Turkos . On the left and right of the statue there is a lion made of marble.
- In honor of two of the Cairoli brothers, Enrico and Giovanni, who died in the battle for Villa Glori in 1867, Rosa made a bronze in 1883, ten years after the first draft, which was placed on May 27 at the top of Viale di Gabriele D. 'Annunzio was set up in Rome.
- In the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna there is a portrait of a young girl in bronze by Rosa.
- In Vercelli there is another monument to Victor Emanuel II, which Ercole Villa created after Rosa's preparatory work.
- Rosa made several smaller works in bronze and marble.
Equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II in Milan
Bronze in honor of the Cairoli brothers in Rome
Honors
In both Rome, Macerata and San Severino Marche streets have been named after Rosa. In the latter, a bust of Rosas designed by Ettore Ferrari was erected in the piazza del Popolo in 1899 .
literature
- Primo Levi: Due scultori (Giuseppe Grandi ed Ercole Rosa), Rome 1896.
- Ashton Rollins Willard: History of modern Italian art. New York / Bombay 1902, pp. 210-213. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
- Rosa, Ercole . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 597 .
- Palma Bucarelli: Rosa, Ercole. In: Enciclopedia Italiana. 1936 ( treccani.it ).
- Francesco Sapori: Scultura italiana moderna. Rome 1949.
- Stefano Susinno (Ed.): Ercole Rosa (1846-1893) opere restaurate: Gessi e terracotta provenienti dal fratello Sistilio Rosa, 1903. Rome 1981.
- Thorsten Rodiek : The Monumento nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome. European University Theses Series 28 Art History Volume 30, P. Lang, Frankfurt / Main - New York - Paris 1983.
- Vincenzo Vicario: Gli scultori italiani. Dal neoclassicismo al liberty, Lodi 1991.
- Alfonso Panzetta: Nuovo dizionario degli scultori italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento. Turin 2003.
- Francesco Franco: Rosa, Ercole. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 88: Robusti – Roverella. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2017 ( treccani.it ).
Web links
- Ercole Rosa (Italian, 1846–893). artnet.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog entry of the auction house Sotheby’s with reference to Panzetta 2003.
- ^ Ashton Rollins Willard: History of modern Italian art. 1902, 210.
- ↑ Juan Manuel Ferrari (1874-1916). museos.uy.
- ↑ Guida d'Italia - Milano. Milan 1998, p. 147.
- ↑ Catherine Bourrabier, Roma , 2005, p. 316.
- ↑ Figure .
- ↑ arcadja.com .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosa, Ercole |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1893 |
| Place of death | Rome |