Marchiò Molziner

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San Pasquale Baylon by Marchiò Molziner.jpg

Marchiò Molziner , probably also Marcion or Melchior Malsiner, was a native of Val Gardena , born around 1655.

There is evidence that he joined the workshop of the Venetian sculptor Pietro Morando in 1671. In 1704 he ran his own workshop, and in 1714 he is attested again as the owner of a workshop.

Works

Originally, Molziner was probably an ornament sculptor; In Val Gardena several carvers, descendants of Christian Trebinger , were known as frame carvers in the 17th and 18th centuries. As such, he carved in 1702 and 1704 for the sacristy of the nunnery of Sant'Andrea della Zirada in Venice . These works are documented but not preserved.

The only known wooden statue, carved by Molziner in 1691, depicts Saint Paschal Baylon and is located in the church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice in the sixth chapel (Cappella Priuli) on the left side of the nave. The same wooden figure was placed there after it was removed from the Giustinian Chapel of Santa Maria della Salute in 1898 . According to Paola Rossi, the statue is a work of mediocre stylistic quality and suggests that the artist did not reach the level of his master Morando.

literature

  • Ettore Merkel: La scultura lignea barocca a Venezia . From Anna Maria Spiazzi (ed.): Scultura ligna barocca nel Veneto , cinisello Balsamo 1997. pp. 107–195. (Italian)
  • Wolfgang Moroder: Scultëures de Gherdëina jic ora de valeda: Marcion Malsiner a Unieja. Calënder de Gherdëina. Union di Ladins de Gherdëina Ortisei. Born in 2010 (Ladin).
Commons : Marchiò Molziner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Helena Serazin, Matej Klemencic: I contratti di garzonato degli scultori, lapicidi e intagliatori veneziani . In: Acta Historiae Artis Slovenica 9, 2004, pp. 193-200.
  2. ↑ S. Guerriero: Episodi di scultura veneziana del Settecento a Sant'Andrea della Zirada . In: Venezia Arti 10, 1996, p. 62.
  3. ^ Anna Maria Spiazzi, Massimo De Grassi, Giovanna Galasso: Andrea Brustolon 1662–1732. Il Michelangelo del legno . Skira 2009. ISBN 978-88-572-0187-0
personal data
SURNAME Molziner, Marchiò
ALTERNATIVE NAMES probably Marcion Malsiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Tyrolean sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1655
PLACE OF BIRTH Val Gardena
DATE OF DEATH 18th century
Place of death unsure: Venice