Giovanni Battista Foggini

Giovanni Battista Foggini (born April 25, 1652 in Florence , † April 12, 1725 there ) was an Italian sculptor and architect of the late Baroque .

Bust of Vittoria della Rovere , Pushkin Museum , Moscow

Life

His parents were Agnolo Foggini and Isabella Sercetti. He was first apprenticed to two painters in succession (Jacopo Giorgi and Vincenzo Dandini), but he soon showed a greater inclination towards sculpture. In 1673 he was given to the young Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III. de 'Medici to study in the recently established Accademia Fiorentina in Rome . He stayed there for three years with Ercole Ferrata , also a late baroque sculptor.

After his return in 1676 he was still under the protection of the Medici. In 1687 he became a court sculptor and soon afterwards also a court architect. He made a large number of portrait busts for the Medici and other important personalities in Florence. He also furnished a number of churches with reliefs. For the Medici, he built the new version of the monastery church of San Bartolomeo di Buonsollazzo . The tomb of St. Francis Xavier in the Basílica do Bom Jesus in Old Goa comes from him . Foggini also had some students, including a. Balthasar Permoser , who continued to develop his style after his death.

literature

Morena Costantini: Foggini, Giovanni Battista. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 48: Filoni-Forghieri. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1997.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Foggini, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor and architect
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	April 12, 1725
Place of death	Florence