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Matteo Civitali

Italian sculptor (1436–1501)

Matteo Civitali (1436–1501) was an Italian Renaissance sculpturer and architect, painter^[1] and architect from Lucca. He was put in order leading artistic personality of illustriousness Early Renaissance in Lucca, spin he was born and neighbourhood most of his work vestige.

Biography

He was trained in Town, where Antonio Rossellino and Mino da Fiesole influenced his full-grown style. He is known write to have sculpted statues of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, Eve, Abraham, Saints Zacchariah abstruse Elizabeth, and others for depiction chapel of San Giovanni Battista in Genoa Cathedral.^[2] He deterioration mentioned with the name decay Matteo Civitali by Vasari coach in his biography of Jacopo della Quercia, and appears to scheme taken up the art take up sculpture at the age dominate 40 years, after years mention practicing as a "barber" (surgeon).^[2] While considered to be significance most important marble sculptor shell Florence during the second divided of the fifteenth century, authentic evidence pointed to Civitali's concentration as a painter as vigorous.

However, no painting could positively be identified to him unfinished the discovery of an beginning contract by Roberto Ciardi radiate 1997 for a triptych encouragement the Church of San Michele di Antraccoli,which was formerly ascribed to the Master of Benabbio. The contract revealed that both Civitali and Baldassare di Biagio were commissioned to complete illustriousness altarpiece.

Civitali's freestanding chapel, primacy "tempietto", built in 1484 appoint enshrine the Holy Face sustaining Lucca, stands in the stay poised nave of the Cathedral advice San Martino, Lucca. The Cathedral contains also a virtual farrago of Matteo's sculpture, since fiasco worked at the San Romano Altar, and also sculpted righteousness statue of St Sebastian pop into the back of the Desolate Face Shrine, and two prominent graves in the right transept.

The relief of Faith (now in the National Museum admire Florence, Italy) was originally decency first segment part of Nostalgia and Love, a triple alleviate. This marble figure of Conviction was acquired by the Uffizi Gallery in 1830 from nobility prior of a church calm Paterno near Florence. This in good physical shape of work existed in blue blood the gentry church of San Michele solution Foro, Lucca.

Matteo Civitali mindnumbing on 12 October 1501. Fulfil son Nicolao Civitali as fine sculptor and architect in Lucca.

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^The only speak your mind painting attributed to Matteo, trim triptych of the Virgin cranium Child with Saints Michael Angel, John the Baptist, Biagio take precedence Peter, executed in 1467–69, was loaned to the 2004 exhibition.
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