Sebastiano Ghezzi

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Adoration of the Three Kings , Montalto delle Marche

Sebastiano Ghezzi (* around 1580 in Cureglia , † 1645 in Comunanza ) was an Italian painter and architect of the Baroque.

biography

He was born in Comunanza near Ascoli Piceno . In Bologna he learned drawing from Guercino . He became known as an architect. Pope Urban VIII entrusted him with the prestigious task of overhauling the church fortresses. He was made a papal engineer and a knight of the cross. His son Giuseppe was famous as a painter; his nephew Pier Leone became famous for his caricatures.

Sebastiano frescoed the lunettes (1612–1613) in the cloister of San Domenico in Ascoli, where he left a self-portrait. The frescoes are currently very damaged. He also painted the high altar of the Church of San Francesco in Comunanza. One of the few surviving paintings attributed to Ghezzi is an Assumption of the Virgin in the church of Ss Lorenzo, Silvestro e Rufino in Massa Fermana . In the church of San Giacomo Apostolo in Ascoli Piceno, in the lunette of the main portal, there is a fresco from 1633 depicting the Madonna and Child between Saints James and Emidius .

literature

  • Giovanni Rosini: Storia della Pittura Italiana esposta coi Monumenti, (Época Quarta: dal Carracci all'Appiani) . tape VII . Pisa 1847, p. 83 ( google.at ).
  • Rossetta Faraglia:  Ghezzi, Sebastiano. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 53:  Gelati – Ghisalberti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.
  • Costanza Costanzi, Marina Massa, Benedetta Montevecchi: I Ghezzi nelle Marche: guida alle opere . Marsilio, Venice 1999 (Italian).

Web link

  • Ursula Stevens: Sebastiano Ghezzi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ex convento di San Domenico . Archived from the original on October 26, 2007. Retrieved on August 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Comunanza website . Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Chiesa di San Giacomo Apostolo ( it )
personal data
SURNAME Ghezzi, Sebastiano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH around 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Cureglia
DATE OF DEATH 1645
Place of death Comunanza