Antonio Giorgetti
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Antonio Giorgetti was an Italian sculptor who passed his career in Rome
, a disciple of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
. His most prominent sculpture is the Angel with the Sponge on the Ponte Sant'Angelo
, where he was working under the direction of Bernini, who provided sketches and in some instances bozzetti for the angels.
For Borromini's Capella Spada in the church of San Girolamo della Carità
(1660), Giorgetti provided the two kneeling angels that hold up the jasper draperies that serve as a balustrade to the altar.
By January 1660, Giorgetti was sufficiently closely linked to Cardinal Francesco Barberini to be referred to in several Barberini accounts as nostro scultore.
Although sometimes attributed to Antonio, the recumbant statue of Saint Sebastian (c. 1671/72) in the Basilica di San Sebastiano fuori le mura
on the via Appia, Rome, is by his younger brother Giuseppe Giorgetti
, who became head of the Giorgetti workshop after his brother's death.
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, a disciple of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...
. His most prominent sculpture is the Angel with the Sponge on the Ponte Sant'Angelo
Ponte Sant'Angelo
Ponte Sant'Angelo, once the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, meaning the Bridge of Hadrian, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber, from the city center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo...
, where he was working under the direction of Bernini, who provided sketches and in some instances bozzetti for the angels.
For Borromini's Capella Spada in the church of San Girolamo della Carità
San Girolamo della Carità
San Girolamo della Carità is a church in Rome, Italy, located near the Palazzo Farnese and Campo de' Fiori.The church belonged originally to the Franciscan Observants. In 1524 it was taken over by the Archconfraternita della Carità, founded by Giulio de' Medici in 1519; a society of noblemen from...
(1660), Giorgetti provided the two kneeling angels that hold up the jasper draperies that serve as a balustrade to the altar.
By January 1660, Giorgetti was sufficiently closely linked to Cardinal Francesco Barberini to be referred to in several Barberini accounts as nostro scultore.
Although sometimes attributed to Antonio, the recumbant statue of Saint Sebastian (c. 1671/72) in the Basilica di San Sebastiano fuori le mura
San Sebastiano fuori le mura
San Sebastiano fuori le mura , or San Sebastiano ad Catacumbas , is a basilica in Rome, central Italy...
on the via Appia, Rome, is by his younger brother Giuseppe Giorgetti
Giuseppe Giorgetti
Giuseppe Giorgetti was an Italian sculptor in Rome who worked first under his older brother Antonio Giorgetti and took over his workshop after Antonio died in late 1669...
, who became head of the Giorgetti workshop after his brother's death.