Isaia da Pisa

Isaia da Pisa , actually Isaia Ganti (* around 1410 in Pisa ?; † around 1464) was an Italian sculptor of the Quattrocento . He worked mainly in Rome and Naples.

Life

Isaia da Pisa, grandson of the stonemason Giovanni di Gante and son of Pippa di Giovanni de Ghante da Pisa, who worked with Donatello at the Baptistery in Florence in 1426 , is known for his relief work in Rome. The exact date of birth is not known. Isaia is believed to have come to Rome before 1431 with his father, who worked in the Lateran Palace . There is no biographical information about Isaia da Pisa before the mid-1440s. 1449 an order for a tomb of the Farnese in the church Ss. Giacomo e Cristoforo mentioned on Isola Bisentina in Lake Bolsena. Around the same time, the grave monument for the Portuguese Cardinal Antonio Martinez de Chávez († 1447) was built in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano based on a design by Filarete . Around 1450 Isaia da Pisa was appointed esperto magistro to Orvieto to work on the facade of the cathedral . After his return to Rome he worked, together with Paolo Romano , eius sotio (his partner), on several projects on behalf of Pope Pius II in the Vatican palaces . His last small commission is attested for the year 1464; he must have died soon after. Isaia da Pisa left a son, Giovanni Cristoforo Romano (1456-1512), who was believed to be a student of Andrea Bregno .

Works (selection)

Triumphal Arch Castel Nuovo, Naples}

• Tomb for Cardinal Martinez de Chávez (fig.) In the right aisle of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano , Rome (1448), of which only the gisant on the monument itself is preserved. The two figures Cleverness (Fig.) And Moderation (Fig.) From the tomb of Cardinal Antonio Martinez de Chávez can be found on the sides of the funeral monument for Cardinal Acquaviva (in the right aisle of the Lateran Basilica)
• Farnese tomb in the church of Ss. Giacomo e Cristoforo on Isola Bisentina in Lake Bolsena (1449). This work is only preserved in fragments.
• Tomb for Pope Eugene IV in the Church of San Salvatore in Lauro , Rome (fig.) (1455). The grave monument was originally in Alt-St. Peter . Parts of it are still preserved today, especially the gisant in the church of San Salvatore in Lauro.
• Tomb of the painter Fra Angelico (fig.) In the passage of the Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva Rome (after 1455)
• Gisant on the tomb of St. Monika von Tagaste (fig.) In the church of Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio , Rome (1455)
• Grave slab for the humanist Maffeo Vegio (fig.) In the courtyard of the Church of Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio, Rome;
• Four doctors in the anteroom of the side exit of the Church of Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio, Rome (originally part of the tomb of St. Monica)
• Angel candelabra in the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome.
• Part of the sacramental altar for Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (fig.) Who was in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore , Rome (now in the Art Institute of Chicago ).
• Sarcophagus of Saint Catherine of Siena (fig.) Under the main altar of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva , Rome.
• Relief Madonna and Child in the Vatican Grottoes
• Relief tabernacle of St. Andrew in the Vatican Grottoes a joint work with Paolo Romano (1463–1464)
• Baptismal font in the church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Gradoli .
• Collaboration on the triumphal arch for Alonso I at Castel Nuovo in Naples (1455–1458).
• Mark the Evangelist with the lion (fig.) Above the portal of the Basilica San Marco in Rome (1464).

literature

• Émile Bertaux : L'arco e la porta trionfale di Alfonso e Ferdinando d'Aragona a Castel Nuovo. In: Archivio storico per le province napoletane. 25, 1900, pp. 27-63 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Adolfo Venturi : Storia dell'arte italiana. 6. La scultura del quattrocento. Hoepli, Milan 1908.
• Carlo La Bella:  Ganti, Isaia, detto Isaia da Pisa. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 52:  Gambacorta – Gelasio II. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the Requiem project
2. ^ Requiem project

Web links

Commons : Isaia da Pisa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• artic.edu
• info.roma.it
• Literature by and about Isaia da Pisa in the catalog of the German National Library