The Gagini or Gaggini were a family of
architects and
sculptors, originally from
Bissone
Bissone is a municipality in the district of Lugano, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
History
Bissone is first mentioned in 735 and again in 854 as ''Blixuni''. In German it was known as ''Byssen'', though that name is no longer used.
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on
Lake Lugano. 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
Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...
, is considered the most important of the Gaginis
and one of his works was the decorated arch in the Capella della Madonna in
Trapani's Santuario dell'Annunziata.
He was also known for the decorations of the apse of the
Palermo cathedral
Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the pre ...
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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