Giovanni Gallina
Giovanni Gallina (active in Nicosia in the 17th century) was an Italian baroque sculptor in Sicily .
Life
He was probably a student of the sculpture workshop Li Volsi in Nicosia. In 1633 Gallina was appointed to decorate the town hall in Syracuse . Works by him have been preserved in Enna, Leonforte and Santa Lucia del Mela.
In the years 1646 to 1652 Gallina carried out a wooden simulacrum of St. Nicholas enthroned on the chair for the “Collegio di San Nicolò von Enna” in order to beautify the church. In the first half of the 17th century he was mainly active in the center of Sicily.
Works (selection)
- Dom ( Enna ) marble pulpit
- Chiesa die Cappuccini ( Leonforte ): Alabaster portal to the Mausoleo dei Branciforti (1647)
- Chiesa di San Antonio (Leonforte): Alabaster sculpture of Saint Anthony
- Cathedral ( Santa Lucia del Mela ): walnut choir stalls in the apse (1650)
literature
- Gallina, Giovanni . 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. 125 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filippo Imbesi, Giuseppe Pantano, Luigi Santagati (eds.): Ricerche storiche e archeologiche nel Val Demone . S. 32 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Paolo Russo: Il San Nicolò De Porto di Giovanni Gallina e il Santo in legno "assictatu tribunalimentu". Contributo alla storia della scultura lignea in Sicilia nei secoli XVI e XVII (Estratto dal fasc. 141). bollettinodarte.beniculturali.it, accessed March 4, 2019 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gallina, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nicosia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |
| Place of death | Nicosia |