Pietro Tacca

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Equestrian monument of Philip IV in Madrid , the first equestrian statue with a rising horse

Pietro Tacca (born September 6, 1577 in Carrara , † October 26, 1640 near Florence ) was an Italian architect , sculptor and bronze caster .

Life

Actually, Tacca was supposed to study law according to his father's wishes. At the recommendation of the sculptor Jacques Piccardi, Tacca learned not only general artistic skills but also modeling. At the age of 15 he became a pupil of Giovanni da Bologna in 1592 . With effect from March 12, 1599 he was accepted into the guild of painters and sculptors. When Pierre Franqueville left the studio in 1601 , Tacca advanced to become a "master student" of Bologna. When he died in August 1608, Tacca succeeded his friend and teacher.

Between 1634 and 1640 he worked on the Madrid equestrian monument for Philip IV , the concept of which is based on a painting of the king by Diego Velázquez . This monument is the first equestrian statue in art history in which a sculptor and bronze caster succeeded in depicting a rider on a horse in the levade . According to legend, Galileo helped him to solve the static problems.

As a bronze caster, Tacca created fountains and equestrian statues. He seldom carried out marble work himself; he created the plans and let them u. a. run by his student Bartolomeo Salvini . A fountain with sea ​​monsters (bronze, 1619) designed by Tacca is in the Piazza dell'Annunziata in Florence.

Works

Web links

Commons : Pietro Tacca  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefan Dürre: Seemann's Lexicon of Sculpture . EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86502-101-4 , pp. 419 .
personal data
SURNAME Tacca, Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect, sculptor and bronze caster
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrara
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1640
Place of death near Florence