Giovanni Maria Morlaiter
Giovanni Maria Morlaiter (also Gianmaria ; born February 15 or 16, 1700 in Venice ; † February 22, 1781 there , according to the Venetian calendar ( more veneto ) February 15/16, 1699 - February 22, 1780) was a Venetian sculptor of the Baroque .
Life
His father came to Venice in the 17th century as a glass blower from Niederdorf in the Puster Valley . His son Michelangelo Morlaiter, born December 23, 1729, was also a well-known artist in Venice. He lived with his sons, the painter Michelangelo and the sculptor Gregorio, at the Traghetto di San Mosè in Venice, where he died on the night of February 22, 1780.
Works
Numerous works are in the church of Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati) in Venice. The marble bas-relief of Field Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg from 1747, which is located in the large atrium of the Venice Arsenal, comes from him . For the facade of the Church of San Rocco he created the relief of St. Rochus heals the plague sufferers and two crowning figures ( St. Girolamo Emiliani and Blessed Pietro Acotanto). In Sant'Eufemia on the Giudecca he created the sculpture group La Vergine col Cristo sulle ginocchia .
literature
- Anton Ress : Giovanni Maria Morlaiter. An 18th century Venetian sculptor . With additions by Saskia Durian-Ress (= German Study Center in Venice . Studies. Volume 2). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00692-3 (print of the dissertation from 1947).
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Morlaiter, Giovanni Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venetian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1699 or February 16, 1699 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1780 |
| Place of death | Venice |