The Gagini or Gaggini were a family of
architects
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and
sculptors
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, originally from
Bissone on
Lake Lugano
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. This family founded Sicily's Gagini school, which flourished until the mid-1600s.
Notable members
One of the most notable members include Domenico, who founded such school. One of the earliest records of his name involved a contract concluded in 1463, commissioning a monument in the church of the convent of San Francesco, Palermo, for Pietro Speciale.
His son,
Antonello
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, is considered the most important of the Gaginis
and one of his works was the decorated arch in the Capella della Madonna in
Trapani
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's Santuario dell'Annunziata.
He was also known for the decorations of the apse of the
Palermo cathedral in 1510
and the statue of St. George and the Dragon with panels inside the Church of San Francesco D'Assisi.
Bibliography
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Gioacchino Di Marzo, ''I Gagini e la scultura in Sicilia nei secoli XV e XVI'', Palermo 1884
References
External links
opere di maestri ticinesi: Domenico Gaggini, Antonello Gaggini, etc.
Italian families
Architects from Sicily
People from Lugano District
Families of Genoa
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