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Antonio Gai (Born 3 May 1686 – 4 June 1769) was an Italian sculptor, active in his native Venice and Veneto during the late- Baroque period.
He learned his trade from a wood sculptor and his father, Francesco, also a sculptor.
He completed the statues of allegories of ''Faith'' and ''Fortitude'' for the church of San Vidal in Venice. In 1733, Antonio was commissioned to make the bronze gates of the loggietta of Sansovino's campanile in the Piazza of San Marco, Venice. He made also two monuments (1743) in the chapel of the Sagredo family, a statue of Alvise Sagredo and the Tomb of Doge Nicolo Sagredo in the church of Enciclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 51 (1998), entry by Maria Elena Massimi.
Antonio Gai (Born 3 May 1686 – 4 June 1769) was an Italian sculptor, active in his native Venice and Veneto during the late- Baroque period.
Biography
He learned his trade from a wood sculptor and his father, Francesco, also a sculptor.
He completed the statues of allegories of ''Faith'' and ''Fortitude'' for the church of San Vidal in Venice. In 1733, Antonio was commissioned to make the bronze gates of the loggietta of Sansovino's campanile in the Piazza of San Marco, Venice. He made also two monuments (1743) in the chapel of the Sagredo family, a statue of Alvise Sagredo and the Tomb of Doge Nicolo Sagredo in the church of San Francesco della Vigna
San Francesco della Vigna is a Roman Catholic church in the Sestiere of Castello in Venice, northern Italy.
History
Along with Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, this is one of two Franciscan churches in Venice. The site, originally a vineyard (''v ...
. He was one of the founding members of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice.Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 51 (1998), entry by Maria Elena Massimi.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gai, Antonio 1686 births 1769 deaths Republic of Venice sculptors 18th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors 18th-century Italian male artists