Fedele Casella

Fedele Casella (* probably around 1504 in Carona TI ; verifiable from 1522 to 1547 in Palermo ) was an Italian sculptor and plasterer .

Life

Fedele Casella probably comes from Carona and was the father of the sculptor and silversmith Scipione Casella and the son-in-law of Antonello Gagini . Together with his son Scipione († 1551) he was employed in the workshop of Antonello Gagini. From 1522 he was deputy workshop manager. In 1536 he executed Antonello Gagini's will.

Works

Several orders for the Cathedral of Palermo are documented . In 1536 he created six columns with bases and capitals for the church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo in Palermo . In 1541 he concluded with Fazio Gaggini for the execution of a marble throne in the cathedral. In 1543 he made a statue of St. John the Baptist for the Helena Altar in the cathedral. In the same year he and his son accepted the order to create a marble statue of St. Cecilia with depictions of her legend. This work was later completed by Vincenzo and Fazio Gaggini

literature

Gioacchino Di Marzo : Gagini e la scultura in Sicilia. Nei secoli XV e XVI. Memorie storiche e documenti. 2 (in 3) volumes. Giornale di Sicilia, Palermo 1880–1884.
Enrico Mauceri : Casella, Fedele . 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. 109–110 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Chiara Orelli: Casella. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 12, 2005 , accessed January 15, 2020 .

Web links

Fedele Casella. In: Sikart

Individual evidence

↑ Casella, Fedele . 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. 109 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Casella, Fedele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor and plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: around 1504
PLACE OF BIRTH	Carona TI
DATE OF DEATH	after 1547
Place of death	Palermo

[1] Casella, Fedele . 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. 109 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).