Giovanni Cini

Giovanni Cini (* between 1490 and 1495 in Siena , † 1565 in Cracow ) was an architect , sculptor and stonemason of the Renaissance . Cini belonged to the third generation of Italian Renaissance artists who worked at the Kraków royal court.

Life

Giovanni Cini was born in Siena between 1490 and 1495 . He came to Krakow in 1519 at the behest of King Sigismund the Elder . Here he entered the workshop of the Florentine artist Bartolomeo Berrecci , where he worked on the Sigmund Chapel in Wawel Cathedral until 1529 . Between 1529 and 1531 he stayed in Siena again. In 1531 he was back in Krakow, where he went into business for himself and, together with other collaborators of Berrecci, Bernardino Zanobi de Gianotis and Filippo da Fiesole , founded an artists' society that campaigned for commissions together. He also continued to work with Berrecci and Giovanni Maria Mosca . From 1531 to 1535 he rebuilt the Płock Cathedral and then the Vilnius Cathedral in the Renaissance style.

Create

From the works of Giovanni Cini are preserved:

• Dome of the Płock Cathedral
• Villa Decius in Krakow
• Renaissance altar of the Wawel Cathedral, today in the Stansilauskirche in Bodzentyn
• Renaissance altar in Zator, now in the Wawel Art Collection
• Tomb of the Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki in the collegiate church in Opatów
• Tomb of Bishop Jan Lubrański in Poznan Cathedral

The following are not preserved:

• Lower palace of the New Royal Castle in Vilnius , partially reconstructed
• Main nave of Vilnius Cathedral
• Work on St. Anne's Church in Vilnius
• Work on the Church of St. Barbara in Vilnius
• Tomb of Queen Elizabeth of Habsburg in Vilnius Cathedral

Works

Plock Cathedral

Villa Decius

Wawel altar

Szydłowiecki tomb

Lubrański tomb

literature

• Helena Kozakiewicz:  CINI, Giovanni. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 25:  Chinzer – Cirni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1981.
• Monika Ochnio. Giovanni Cini. Wędrówki włoskie. Instytut Adama Mickiewicza (2002).
• Baužienė Morta. Cini. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija. Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos centras