Felipe Bigarny
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Felipe Bigarny , also Felipe Vigarny , Felipe Biguerny or Felipe de Borgoña , called el Borgoñón (* around 1475 in Langres , Bourgogne ; † November 10, 1542 in Toledo ), was a French - Spanish sculptor and architect of the Renaissance .
life and work
As a young man, Felipe Bigarny traveled to Rome, where he got to know the art of the Italian Renaissance before 1500. In 1498 he went to Spain on the Camino de Santiago , where he created several altar reliefs for the Cathedral of Burgos . This led to further jobs as a wood carver and stone sculptor, including at the Toledo Cathedral (from 1499). In 1513 Bigarny designed the canopy of the tomb of Domingo de la Calzada in the cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada ; three years later he began work on the high altar of the Church of Santo Tomás de Haro and completed it in 1519.
Bigarny worked with other well-known masters of his time, so in 1519 with Berruguete in Saragossa , and in Burgos with Diego de Siloé , with whom he also rivaled and who influenced his style. Bigarny's reputation was cemented by the fact that he was highlighted as an exceptional artist and interlocutor in the book Medidas del Romano by Diego de Sagredo in 1526 . As a result, he received numerous orders from different parts of Spain. Felipe Bigarny died a wealthy man.
Marriage and offspring
From his marriage to the widow María Sáez Pardo had five sons, of whom the firstborn, Gregorio Pardo (* 1517), supported him as a colleague in his later years.
literature
- Brockhaus Encyclopedia in twenty-four volumes. Wiesbaden 1994, Volume 23, p. 343.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bigarny, Felipe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vigarny, Felipe; Biguerny, Felipe; Borgoña, Felipe de; el Borgoñón |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Spanish sculptor and architect of the Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1475 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langres , Burgundy |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1542 |
| Place of death | Toledo |