Matteo da Campione

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Facade of Monza Cathedral, mid-14th century
Dorsal in Sant'Eustorgio in Milan, late 14th century

Matteo da Campione (born May 31, 1335 in Campione d'Italia , † May 24, 1396 in Monza ) was an Italian sculptor of the Gothic . It came from Campione d'Italia, an Italian enclave in the Swiss canton of Ticino , and is best known for its work on the facade of the Monza Cathedral north of Milan in Lombardy.

Naming

Matteo da Campione is one of the Campionesian Masters (it. Magistri Campionesi). This is an under this provisional names combined group of medieval sculptors, masons and architects of the 13th and 14th century, all of which came from Campione d'Italia. The name da Campione was given because of its geographical origin, it does not represent a family name.

Works (selection)

Façade of the Monza
Cathedral The Monza Cathedral was rebuilt in 1300 by order of the Visconti , one of the great Italian families who ruled Milan and Lombardy for a long time. The family wanted to underpin their claim to rule with buildings in Monza. In the middle of the 14th century, Matteo da Campione designed the Gothic facade of the cathedral in white marble green on her behalf. Despite its splendor, the facade of the cathedral is still traditionally Lombard and adapts to the height of the converted nave.

Monza came to the time of Matteo da Campione in the newly created Duchy of Milan .

Pulpit and reliefs in the Monza Cathedral
Matteo da Campione was an architect and sculptor in Monza. He created the pulpit and reliefs on the baptistery of the cathedral.

Work on Milan Cathedral
According to some assumptions, Matteo was also involved in the design and construction of the Milan Cathedral after 1390 , but according to other assumptions he had refused the contract.

Dorsal in Sant'Eustorgio in Milan
Matteo is attributed a dorsal in the Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio in Milan , which shows the Adoration of the Magi.

Last representative of a Campionesian style

The art of the Campionese served mainly the rulers in Milan and Verona. During Matteo's creative time, the originally typical Lombard style of the Campionesian masters had already mixed strongly with the other styles of northern Italian art. Matteo is considered one of the last Campionesian masters today.

Epitaph of Matteo da Campione

Epitaph of Matteo da Campione, Monza Cathedral

The epitaph of Matteo da Campione can be found on the Cappella del Rosario of the Monza Cathedral . The inscription praises him as a great builder and references to his sculptural work.

HIC IACET ILLE MAGN (US) EDIFICATOR DEVOT (US)
M (A) G (ISTE) RM (A) THE (US) DE CAMPIOLIONO Q (UI) HIUS SACRO
STANTE ECCL (ESI) E FATIEM EDIFICAVIT EVAN
GELIZATORIUM AC BABTISTERIUM Q ( UI) OBIIT
ANNO D (OM) INI MCCCLXXXXVI DIE XXIIII
MENSIS MAII

literature

  • Flavio Boggi: Campione, Matteo there. In: Christopher Kleinhenz (Ed.): Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1. New York 2004 (English).
  • Grazia Maria Fachechi:  Matteo da Campione. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 72:  Massimino-Mechetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.
  • Saverio Lomartire: Ille magnus edificator devotus. La personalità di Matteo da Campione. In: Roberto Cassanelli (ed.): Monza, anno 1300: La basilica di S. Giovanni Battista e la sua facciata. (Exhibition catalog). Pizzi 1988, pp. 72-86; the same: I Campionesi al Duomo di Modena. In: Rossana Bossaglia, Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua (Ed.): I Maestri Campionesi. Bergamo 1992, pp. 36-81; the same: Il duomo di Monza e Matteo da Campione. In: Rossana Bossaglia, Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua (Ed.): I Maestri Campionesi. Bergamo 1992, pp. 145-171.
  • Bettina Marten: Matteo da Campione . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 16, Saur, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-598-22756-6 , p. 628.
  • Alfred Gotthold Meyer: Lombard monuments of the fourteenth century. Giovanni di Balduccio da Pisa and the Campionese. A contribution to the history of northern Italian sculpture. Stuttgart 1893.
  • Augusto Merati: Alla ricerca dei resti dello scomparso battistero monzese di Matteo da Campione. In: Arte lombarda. VIII (1963), pp. 155-158.
  • Arthur Kingsley Porter : Lombard Architecture. New Haven 1917.
  • Matteo da Campione . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 255 .

Web links

Commons : Matteo da Campione  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Augusto Merati: Alla ricerca dei resti dello scomparso battistero monzese di Matteo. da Campione. In: Arte lombarda. 8, 1963, pp. 155-158.
  2. ^ Paul Schubring: Altichiero and his school: A contribution to the history of Northern Italian painting in the Trecento. Leipzig 1898.
  3. ↑ Flavio Boggi: Campione, Matteo da. In: Christopher Kleinhenz (Ed.): Medieval Italy. To Encyclopedia. Volume 1. New York 2004.
personal data
SURNAME Matteo da Campione
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1335
PLACE OF BIRTH Campione d'Italia
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1396
Place of death Monza