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Saint Andrew (Duquesnoy)
The ''Saint Andrew'' is a larger-than-life marble sculpture by Flemish artist François Duquesnoy, executed between 1629 and 1633. Located in the crossing of Saint Peter Basilica in Rome, the work depicts Andrew the Apostle leaning over the '' crux decussata'' of his martyrdom. Duquesnoy's St Andrew is one of four colossal statues beneath the dome of St. Peter, standing opposite to Bernini's less restrained '' Saint Longinus''. The four ''colossi'' were installed in niches within the four piers supporting the dome between 1639 and 1640. Background, commission and production There is debate over whether Duquesnoy was commissioned first the Saint Susanna or the Saint Andrew, and whether the critical success of the former secured Duquesnoy the commission of the latter or the other way around, with modern scholars leaning toward the assumption that the Saint Andrew was commissioned first, based on documentary records. In a letter to Duquesnoy by Peter Paul Rubens, which the latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Duquesnoy
François Duquesnoy or Frans Duquesnoy (12 January 1597 – 18 July 1643) was a Flanders, Flemish Baroque sculptor who was active in Rome for most of his career. His idealized representations are often contrasted with the more emotional character of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bernini's works, while his style shows a great affinity to Alessandro Algardi, Algardi's sculptures. Early years Duquesnoy was born in Brussels. Having come from Flanders, Duquesnoy was called ''Il Fiammingo'' by the Italians and ''François Flamand'' by the French. His father, erôme Duquesnoy (I), Jerôme Duquesnoy the Elder, sculptor of the ''Manneken Pis'' fountain in Brussels (1619), was the court sculptor to Archduchess Isabella and Archduke Albert (1559-1621), Archduke Albert, governor of the Low Countries. Sculptor Jerôme Duquesnoy (II), Jerôme Duquesnoy, the younger was his brother. Some of Francois' early work in Brussels attracted the notice of the Archduke, who gave him the wherewithal to study in Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lives Of The Artists (Bellori)
''The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'' or ''Le vite de' pittori, scultori et architetti moderni'' is a series of artist biographies written by Gian Pietro Bellori (1613–96), whom Julius von Schlosser called "the most important historiographer of art not only of Rome, but all Italy, even of Europe, in the seventeenth century". It is one of the foundational texts of the history and criticism of European art. The first edition (1672) contained biographies of nine painters ( Annibale and Agostino Carracci, Barocci, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, Domenichino, Lanfranco, and Poussin), two sculptors (François Duquesnoy and Alessandro Algardi), and one architect ( Domenico Fontana). The book was dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Colbert and published with French financial support. Preface The preface to the ''Lives'' is an essay Bellori delivered to the Accademia di San Luca, Rome in 1664. The essay, entitled ''The Idea of the Painter, the Sculptor and the Archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
