Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri (13 April 1655 Rome - 11 February 1721 Rome) was an Italian architect. He worked in a

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and early

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

style.Nina A. Mallory, ''Carlo Francesco Bizzacheri (1655-1721)'', in: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 33, 1974, pp. 27-47.

Biography

Bizzaccheri trained under the architect

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and possibly also under

Carlo Rainaldi Carlo Rainaldi (4 May 1611 – 8 February 1691) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs. He worked at f ...

. In 1684 he became a member of the Virtuosi al Pantheon, 1712 its "Reggente". He was also a member of the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

from 1697. San Pietro in Vincoli - Tomba del Card

As house architect of prince Giovanni Battista Pamphili Aldobrandini, he built the entrance gate and garden wall of the

Villa Aldobrandini The Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy. It is still owned and lived in by the Aldobrandini family, and known as Belvedere for its location overlooking the valley toward the city of Rome. It is the only grand Pope, Papal garden not o ...

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, accomplished in 1693. He also designed the tomb monument erected by the prince from 1705–07 to his ancestor ''Cardinal

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'' in

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. The sculpture of a winged skeleton and a pair of

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on this monument are by

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. From 1695 he succeeded Giovanni Antonio de' Rossi as architect of the

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in Rome and finished the work on its chapel by 1700 where the dome is decorated to his design. 1700-02 he added the chapel's vestibule. From 1709-12 Bizzaccheri was the architect of the Palazzo di

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in RomeRoma segreta
and from 1712-19 he worked for the Tribunale delle Strade. He was also until 1715 the architect for the

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, a town where also extended the palace of Cardinal Nuzzi. Bizzaccheri was never assigned any major tasks but nevertheless played an important role in the transformation of the

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vocabulary into the language of Roman rococo. This is exemplified by the facade of

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, his most distinguished work, which he constructed from 1704-05 using the extant staircase and

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. He was very much at the forefront of stylistic change and anticipated later tastes as is demonstrated by his completion of the Cappella di San Nicola di Bari, financed by Paolo Girolamo della Torre, in

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. The chapel was begun by

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in 1690 and finished by Bizzaccheri from 1694–96 in tones that would determine the colour scheme of the rest of the church in the mid-18th century.

Other works

*Chapel of Sant'Anna,

Santa Maria in Montesanto Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesanto are two churches of Rome, churches in Rome. They are located on the Piazza del Popolo, facing the northern gate of the Aurelian Walls, at the entrance of Via del Corso on the square. The chu ...

, Roma. (1679) *Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena, Rome (c. 1680) *Chapel of Sant'Antonio di Padova, San Isidoro, Rome (1681) *Convent of

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(1690) *Memorial to the Principessa Flavia Bonelli, Chapel of the Madonna del Divino Aiuto (1691) *

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of San Marcello (minor work, late 17th century) *Convent of San Basilio (minor work, late 17th century) * Palazzo Aragona Gonzaga (1701) addition of an upper floor.

Notes

External links

Scholar Source (Carlo Francesco Bizzacheri)
Retrieved 29 April 2010.

Gallery

File:Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. LOC 7419845578 cropped.jpg, Gate and garden wall, Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati, 1693 File:10558 - Rome - Piazza della Bocca della Verita (3507031320).jpg, Fountain on the Piazza della

Bocca della Verità The Mouth of Truth ( it, Bocca della Verità ) is a marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boar ...

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