Giacomo Gaggini

Giacomo Gaggini or Gagini (born December 15, 1517 in Palermo , † June 25, 1598 ibid) was a Renaissance sculptor in Sicily .

Life

Giacomo Gagini was a member of the most important family of sculptors in Sicily. He was the son of Antonello and brother of Giovanni, Giandomenico, Antonino, Fazio and Vincenzo Gaggini . After the death of his father (1536) he became a universal heir and took over the workshop management. First he completed the works that his father had begun or designed, such as the Tribuna of the Cathedral of Palermo or the marble decoration in the Chiesa Annunziata in Trapani . In the years of his artistic creation he left numerous works all over Sicily.

His main work is the marble work in the Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Udienza in Roccella Valdemone . For the entry of the Viceroy Enrico Guzman Conde de Olivara, he provided the design for a triumphal arch in 1592 . A richly decorated archiepiscopal throne created by him in 1544 for the cathedral of Palermo has been lost. His collaborators were the brothers and Giuseppe Spatafora , Fedele Casella and his son Scipione .

Works (selection)

• Santa Oliva ( Alcamo ): “Annunciation” (1545), shared with Brother Antonino
• Basilica di S. Maria Assunta (Alcamo): "Peter"
• chiesa di SS. Paolo e Bartolomeo (Alcamo) marble triptych
• San Francesco d'Assisi (Alcamo): Marble Reredos (1586) marble sculpture
• SS. Trinita della Magione ( Palermo ): “Madonna and Child” and “The Savior” (together with Father Antonello)
• Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola (Palermo): Portal: marble relief (1536) and three sculptures: “Madonna delle Grazie”, San Francesco and Santa Oliva
• San Francesco d'Assisi (Palermo) sculptures, together with his brother Antonino
• San Nicolò ( Randazzo ): Marble work on the crucifixion altar with Antonello 1535
• Santuario dell'Annunziata ( Trapani ); Marble arch (1531–37) together with father Antonello and brother Fazio
• Chiesa Madre ( Roccella Valdemone ): marble sculpture (1534)
• Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Udienza (Roccella Valdemone): marble sculptures "The Nativity" and the "Madonna with the Child" (1540).
• Chiesa Madre ( Naro ): sculptures Antonello and Giacomo Gagini
• Gesú (Naro): Madonna of the Chains
• Maria SS. Annunziata ( Longi ): “Annunciation Madonna” (1534) with Antonino
• Chiesa di S. Francesco of the Convento dei Frati Minori (Messina): marble sculptures "San Francesco" and "Fra Leone" (1559) together with the brother Antonino
• Basilica della Madonna Catena (Castiglione): "Madonna of the Chains",
• Cathedral ( Caltabellotta ): "Madonna of the Snow"
• Chiesa Vecchia Matrice (Caltabellotta): "Madonna of the Chains"
• Santuario di san Calogero ( Sciacca ): statue "San Calogero" (1538)
• Chiesa Madre ( Patti ): "Madonna of the Chains" (1542)
• Chiesa dell'Annunciazione (Tortoric): "Madonna of Help" (1553)
• Grotta del Santuario (Praia a Mare) "Madonna of the Snow"
• Chiesa Madre ( Sinagra ) marble retable (1543)
• Chiesa di San Pietro ( Erice ): "Madonna of Peace"
• Chiesa di San Francesco all'Immacolata ( Comiso ): sarcophagus for the Count Baldassare II Naselli
• Museo Diocesano di Palermo : sculptures

literature

• Bernd Curt Kreplin : Gaggini (Gagini, Gazini etc) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 51–62 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here p. 58 - with family tree of the Gaggini family).
• 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.
• Andrea Spiriti: I Gaggini. Una stirpe di artisti bissonesi. In: Giorgio Mollisi (ed.): Bissone, terra di artisti (= Arte & Storia. Volume 8, No. 41, ISSN  2235-7769 ). Edizioni Ticino Management, Lugano December 2008, pp. 36–45, here pp. 42–43.

Web links

• Parrocchia San Michele Arcangelo - Longi (ME) .