Francesco Baratta the Elder
Francesco Baratta the Elder (* around 1595 in Massa (or Montemarcello), † 1666 in Rome ) was an Italian sculptor.
Life and education
Francesco Baratta came to Rome around 1626 together with Andrea Bolgi and became a student and close collaborator of Gianlorenzo Bernini . In 1654 he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca . It is uncertain whether Baratta, summoned by August II, was in Dresden; In any case, sculptures by Francesco Baratta were delivered to Dresden on behalf of August II.
Baratta was married to Cecilia Tenderini; he died of a fever in Rome in the autumn of 1666.
Works
- 1636: Christ risen for the outside staircase of the Santuario del Santissimo Crocifisso in San Miniato is his first documented work
- 1642–1646: Ecstasy of St. Francis based on a design by Bernini in the Cappella Raimondi ; San Pietro in Montorio (Rome).
- 1647–1648 various sculptures for St. Peter's Basilica on behalf of Bernini.
- 1650–1651: Rio de la Plata at the Four Rivers Fountain by Bernini on Piazza Navona in Rome.
- On behalf of August II, several groups of figures were delivered for the garden of the Dresden Zwinger : Hercules, Marsyas, Cleopatra, Lucretia and the group Hercules and Omphale . The Hercules and Carus group is exhibited in the Schaulager today.
- The penitent Magdalena in the Catholic Court Church in Dresden
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literature
- Baratta, Francesco . 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. 456 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Hugh Honor: Baratta, Francesco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 5: Bacca-Baratta. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1963.
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SURNAME | Baratta, Francesco the Elder |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baratta, Francesco il Vecchio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1595 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Massa or Montemarcello |
DATE OF DEATH | 1666 |
Place of death | Rome |