Pietro Baratta (sculptor)

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Pietro Baratta (* 28. January 1668 in Carrara , † 2. February 1729 ) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque , active in Venice in the second half of the seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century.

Student of his workshop was u. a. the sculptor Francesco Robba .

Works

Pietro Baratta designed the sculptures on the facade of the chapel of the Villa Manin near Passariano, Codroipo ( Udine ), including the statues of the four evangelists and the Madonna and Child. He is also credited with five sculptures - St. Rocco, S. Antonius, the Virgin of the Rosary, S. Matthew and John the Baptist - on the facade of the parish church of St. Maria in Villa Vicentina (built between 1660 and 1680). In Venice, in Santa Maria Assunta detta I Gesuiti, there is a statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola , who he depicted with a contemplative expression and an open Bible in his hands.

literature

  • Andrea Bacchi; Pietro Baratta in La scultura a Venezia da Sansovino a Canova , pp. 201-217 (images), pp. 690-692 (biography), Longanesi & C., Milano 2000, ISBN 8830417769 .
  • Hugh Honor:  BARATTA, Pietro. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 5:  Bacca-Baratta. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1963.

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personal data
SURNAME Baratta, Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1668
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrara
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1729
Place of death Carrara