Giovanni Antonio Cybei

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Immaculata, marble statue by GA Cybei in the Ospedale of Carrara, 1741
Terra (earth) from a cycle of the 4 elements , marble, around 1765, Focke-Museum Bremen

Giovanni Antonio Cybei (born February 3, 1706 in Carrara , † September 7, 1784 in Carrara) was an Italian sculptor during the Rococo and early Classicism periods and director of the Art Academy in Carrara.

Life

Born in the Tuscan town characterized by its marble quarries and countless sculpture workshops, Cybei joined the Roman sculptor Agostino Cornacchini's studio as early as 1721 . From 1728 he worked again in Carrara, in the workshop of his uncle, the sculptor Giovanni Baratta . The independent work begins with orders from Sarzana . His ordination as a priest in 1739 marked a career break. Around 1742 he ran the Baratta studio, which he inherited after his uncle's death (1747). Around the middle of the century he found his early classicist style and received extensive and prominent commissions from private and ecclesiastical sources, including from European courts in Russia, Prussia and Portugal. In 1769 he was given the management of the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Carrara, newly founded by the enlightened, liberal Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany . Until his death in 1784 he remained active as a sculptor (working in marble according to the style of the time and the circumstances of the place).

Works

  • St. Augustine, Capella Caraffa in the cathedral of Sarzana
  • Samson and Delilah, Galleria der Remedi in Sarzana
  • Immaculata , Ospedale Carrara, 1741 (picture)
  • Tomb of Cardinal Alberoni, S. Lazzaro in Piacenca, 1752
  • Four Seasons, Four Elements, Apollo, Garden Figures in Rheinsberg (1765)
  • The elements, four garden figures for an estate in Bremen, private property (3) and Focke Museum Bremen (1), around 1765
  • Tomb of F. Algarotti, Camposanto in Pisa, 1768
  • Portrait bust of Tsarina Catherine II, Petrodvorets Museum , 1771
  • Marble portrait of the Duchessa Maria Theresa, Carrara Academy, 1771
  • Façade statues to S. Silvestro in Pisa, 1772
  • Portrait bust of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo, London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1773
  • Portrait bust LAMuratori, Bibl. Estense, Modena
  • Equestrian statue of Francesco III. d´Este, Modena (only bozzetto preserved)
  • Tabernacle with image of the Madonna, Montenero, 1774
  • Bust of Carlo Sigonio, Bibl. Estense, Modena, 1774
  • Assumption of Mary, main portal of Savona Cathedral, 1778

literature

  • G. Tiraboschi: Notes de 'Pittori, Scultori, Incisori, e Architetti Nati negli Stati del Serenissimo Signor Duca di Modena , Modena 1786
  • A. Fusani: Dal Choro alla bottega, nuove acquisizioni su Giovanni Antonio Cybei in Commentari d'Arte 14 anno V, Roma 1999
  • A. Fusani: Giovanni Antonio Cybei, i Padri Trinitari di Livorno e la Confraternita del Riscatto di Carrara in Atti e memorie dell'Accademia Aruntica di Carrara , Vol.VIII Anno 2002, Carrara 2003
  • E. Benedetti: Article Cybei in: Saur, Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon, vol. 23, p. 258 f (who does not, however, name the works in Germany)
  • Saskia Hüneke: Nine marble sculptures by GACybei in the Rheinsberg Park , in: Prince Heinrich von Preussen, Ein Europäische in Rheinsberg , (exhibition catalog), Munich / Berlin 2002, 434–439.
  • and a more detailed article by Giovanni Antonio Cybei in Italian Wikipedia

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personal data
SURNAME Cybei, Giovanni Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrara
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1784
Place of death Carrara