Melchiorre Cafà
Melchiorre Cafà, Glory of St. Catherine of Siena , completed in 1667. Rome, Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli.
Melchiorre Cafà (in Malta also Gafa or Gafa * 1636 in Birgu , † 4. September 1667 in Rome ) was a famous Maltese sculptor of the Baroque and brother of the architect Lorenzo Gafa .
Cafà was at the start of a great career when he died of an industrial accident at the age of 31 while he was working on the altar decorations for St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta .
Works (selection)
- Wooden statue of St Paul in St Paul Shipwrecked in Valletta (ca.1659)
- Wooden statue of the Holy Virgin with the Rosary in the Dominican Church in Rabat , Malta (1660–61)
- Sculpture of St. Paul in the Pauline grotto in Rabat (1667, completed by Ercole Ferrata )
The following statues are located in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg:
- St. Andrew , 1660s, terracotta , 38.5 cm
- The lion, 1660s, terracotta, 24 cm
- St. Andrew of Avellino , terracotta, 42 cm
literature
- Rudolf Preimesberger: CAFÀ (Caffà, Gafar, Cofà; a Malta chiamato solitamente Gafà), Melchiorre. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 16: Caccianiga-Caluso. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1973, pp. 230–235, very detailed and informative, but now a little out of date.
- Gerhard Bissell, in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon , Vol. 15, 1997, pp. 493–495.
- Keith Sciberras (Ed.): Melchiorre Cafà. Maltese Genius of the Roman Baroque. Valletta 2006 (essays in English and Italian; as a joint project of leading international researchers, this is the most comprehensive and accurate account of the life and work of Cafà and clears up numerous uncertainties and errors).
- Sante Guido, Giuseppe Mantella: Melchiorre Cafà insigne modellatore. La Natività, l'Adorazione dei pastori e altre opere in cera. Soveria Mannelli (CZ) 2010 (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/06.+sculpture/54969 Statue on the Hermitage website
- ↑ https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/06.+sculpture/54937 Statue on the Hermitage website
- ↑ https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/06.+sculpture/54968 Statue on the Hermitage website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cafe, Melchiorre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gafà, Marcello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maltese sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1636 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vittoriosa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1667 |
| Place of death | Rome |