Ignazio Marabitti (6 September 1719
[La Sicilia nel secolo XVIII e la poesia satiricoburlesca
By Giuseppe Leanti, page 163.] in
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
– 1797 in Palermo) was a Sicilian sculptor of the late Baroque period.
He trained in Rome in the studio of
Filippo della Valle
Filippo della Valle (26 December 1698 – 29 April 1768) was an Italian late-Baroque or early Neoclassic sculptor, active mostly in Rome.
Biography
Della Valle was born in Florence.
Initially apprenticed with Giovanni Battista Foggini in F ...
, head 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 ...
, but was mainly active in Sicily, where his works can be found in Siracusa, Caltanisetta, Catania, Messina, and Palermo.
Among his notable works is the
Fontana del Genio a Villa Giulia, and statues on the facades of the
Cathedral of Syracuse
The Cathedral of Syracuse (''Duomo di Siracusa''), formally the ''Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima'', is an ancient Catholic church in Syracuse, Sicily, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa. Its structure ...
and the
Cathedral of Palermo
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 ...
.
References
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1719 births
1797 deaths
18th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
Artists from Palermo
18th-century Italian male artists
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