Girolamo Faba

Girolamo Faba , also called Hieronymus (active around the middle of the 16th century) was an Italian priest who became famous for his miniature carvings and came from Cænifium in Calabria .

Life

Faba was a priest in Calabria. Among other things, he created a Passion of Christ and a carriage with inmates in miniature carving, which was described in the Allgemeine Theaterzeitung as “The Carrosse of the Calabrese Girolamo Faba, which with two horses, the coachman and two people inside, is no larger than a grain of barley . ”A description in the general artist lexicon by Johann Rudolf Füssli , who called Faba Hieronymus, states:“ A carrosse of wood the size of a grain of wheat; with the same are a man and a woman, the coachman and two oxen. "

He worked in hazelnut shells and with boxwood . Works in the Dresden Green Vault were compared with Faba's works. Eugen von Philippovich assumes that Faba was also known under the name Faber and assigns him carvings in fruit pits. In addition to carving, Faba also worked as a shoemaker, tailor, painter and copperplate engraver. His small works of art were delivered to the Spanish King Philip II , Emperor Kral V , the French King Franz I and "some other potentates as real miracle pieces."

literature

Faba (Hieronymus) . In: Johann Rudolf Füssli (ed.): Artists of the World, or: Short message of the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver, Art foundry, steel cutters ... FIRST PART 1 FIRST DIVISION A-M . Füßli and Co., Zurich 1810, p. 223 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ): "Faba (Hierounimus), a priest from Calabria, carved the story of JC's passion in boxwood so small that one could enclose all of these pieces in a nutshell [...]."
Faba, Girolamo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 146 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

↑ Jacob Kaiserer: Tricks in the Small - Hieronymus Faba . In: Newspaper from the past . 2nd year. Binz, 1806, p. 159 ( books.google.de ).
^ ^A ^b Germanus Adlerhold: Cænifium . In: Complicated description of the anjetzo, otherwise threatened by the war, otherwise magnificent kingdom of Neapolis: after its admirable natural assets, fertility, rivers [...] Buggel, Nuremberg 1702, OCLC 310865141 , p. 563-564 ( books.google.de ).
↑ General theater newspaper and original newspaper for art, literature, music, fashion and social life . Sollinger, 1842, p. 89 , artificialities ( books.google.de ).
^ The Art Journal. New Series Volume 14, London 1875, p. 118 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
^ Eugen von Philippovich: Curiosities, Antiques. A guide for collectors and enthusiasts . Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1966, p. 331 ( excerpt from Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Faba, Girolamo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Faba, Hieronymus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH	16th century or 17th century

[1] Jacob Kaiserer: Tricks in the Small - Hieronymus Faba . In: Newspaper from the past . 2nd year. Binz, 1806, p. 159 ( books.google.de ).

[Adlerhold-2] A ^b Germanus Adlerhold: Cænifium . In: Complicated description of the anjetzo, otherwise threatened by the war, otherwise magnificent kingdom of Neapolis: after its admirable natural assets, fertility, rivers [...] Buggel, Nuremberg 1702, OCLC 310865141 , p. 563-564 ( books.google.de ).

[3] General theater newspaper and original newspaper for art, literature, music, fashion and social life . Sollinger, 1842, p. 89 , artificialities ( books.google.de ).

[4] The Art Journal. New Series Volume 14, London 1875, p. 118 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )

[Philippovich1966-5] Eugen von Philippovich: Curiosities, Antiques. A guide for collectors and enthusiasts . Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1966, p. 331 ( excerpt from Google book search).