Pompeo Marchesi

Pompeo Marchesi (born August 7, 1789 in Saltrio near Varese , † February 6, 1858 in Milan ) was an Italian sculptor .

Pompeo Marchesi, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1846

Life

The artistic training began in Milan and was completed with the help of a government grant in Rome . He was committed to antiquity all his life. In 1811 he returned to Milan and worked in Milan until 1825 on statues for the Milan Cathedral, among other things . This was followed by an appointment as professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, a position he held until his death. 1825-1830 he created more than 100 large and small works in Milan. In 1834 the artist's studio burned down, with all models and many sculptures already made in marble perishing. While he was compared in artistic circles at a young age with Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen , his fame later faded. Marchesi was last kk Hofstatuarius and received the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class in 1846 , in 1850 he was raised to the knighthood. France awarded him the Order of the Legion of Honor . He was also a member of 17 art academies.

Works (selection)

Monumental monument to Emperor Franz I (II) in the Hofburg (unveiled in 1846)

• Socrates and Alcibiades : bas-relief, created while studying in Rome
• Saint Matthew : Facade of Milan Cathedral
• Hercules group : Milan
• Psyche : For Baron Rothschild in Paris
• Charles Emanuel III. : For Novara
• Hercules and Alceste : Dedicated by the artist to the city of Milan as thanks for the help given after the studio burned down
• Malibran grave monument : a second copy is in the Scala in Milan
• Goethe : Seated statue for the Frankfurt am Main library (handed over April 15, 1840)
• Alessandro Volta : statue commissioned by the city of Como
• Bronze statue for Emperor Franz I : Graz ; Freedom Square (cast by Manfredini)
• Monument to Emperor Franz I : Vienna, inner courtyard
• Andrea Appiani : colossal marble bust, gift from the artist to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
• Monument to Emanuel Philibert of Savoy : Turin (1843)
• Vesta : two busts (for Archduke Johann and Prince Colloredo )
• praying angel : statuette for the empress Karoline Auguste

literature

• M. Brignoli:  Marchesi Pompeo of. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 69.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Marchesi, Pompeo Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 417–420 ( digitized version ).
• Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 5th edition. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig, Vienna, 1896.
• Marchesi, Pompeo. Hessian biography. (As of February 14, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Marchesi, Pompeo in the Frankfurt personal dictionary

Web links

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