Michelangelo Naccherino (Florence, March 6, 1550 – Naples, February, 1622) was an Italian sculptor and architect, active mainly in the Kingdom of Naples, Italy. He supposedly was a pupil of Giambologna in Florence, but due to disagreements moved to the Kingdom of Naples in 1573. From 1575-1577, he was active in Palermo, where he worked alongside

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in the construction of the Fontana Pretoria, a project of Francesco Camilliani. FantanaSantaLucia2

Returning to Naples, he completed a number of

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projects such as the tomb of Alfonso Sanchez (1588–89) in the Basilica of Santissima Annunziata Maggiore and a crucifix (1599) for the church of

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. He also completed a ''Madonna della Sanità'' for the church of Santa Maria della Sanità in the zone of Materdei, where he lived. In the early 1600s, he participated in a variety of projects, including the Fontana di Santa Lucia and the Fontana del Gigante (along with

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). In 1607, he submitted a design for the Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro, in which he competed against Ceccardo Bernucci, Giovan Battista Cavagna, Giulio Cesare Fontana, Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto, Dionisio Nencioni di Bartolomeo, Francesco Grimaldi, and Giovanni Cola di Franco. The latter two won the competition. In 1612, he completed some tombs in the church of Santo Stefano in Capri, and in 1616, he returned to Florence to sculpt an ‘’Adam and Eve’’ for the

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. Among those who worked with him were

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, Francesco Cassano, Tommaso Montani, Angelo Landi, and Mario Marasi. Other works * ''Pietà'', Chapel of Palazzo of Monte di Pietà * Fontana di Santa Lucia (Villa Reale) * Fontana del Gigante (con

) * ''Statue'', Fontana del Nettuno * ''Madonna del Carmine'',

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* ''Bust of Fabrizio Pignatelli'', Church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini * ''Christ Risen'',

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* ''Tomb of Ferdinando Maiorca'', Pontificia Reale Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, Naples * ''Christ at the Column'', Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain * ''Virgin and Child'', ''Jesus Nazareno'' church,

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, Spain * ''Funerary statue of García de Barrionuevo'' (bronze), ''San Ginés'' church, Madrid, Spain

Bibliography

* Antonino Maresca di Serracapriola, ''Sulla vita e sulle opere di Michelangelo Naccherino: appunti'', Francesco Giannini & figli,

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1890 * Antonino Maresca di Serracapriola, ''Michelangelo Naccherino scultore fiorentino allievo di Giambologna: sua vita, sue opere, opere del suo aiuto Tomaso Montani e del principale suo allievo

: con ventinove autotipie'', tipo-ed. meridionale anonima T.E.M.A.,

1924 * Francesco Cibarelli, ''La Chiesa di

e il Cristo del Naccherino'', Francesco Giannini & figli,

1926 * Franco Strazzullo, ''Sul crocefisso marmoreo di Michelangelo Naccherino'', Archivio Storico Napoletano,

1952 * Michael Kuhlemann, ''Michelangelo Naccherino: Skulptur zwischen Florenz und Neapel um 1600'', Waxmann,

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