Antonio Corradini
Antonio Corradini ( born September 6, 1668 Este, † June 29, 1752 in Naples) was a Venetian sculptor of the Rococo.
- 2.1 Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral, Tomb of John of Nepomuk
- 2.2 Imperial Court sculptor
- 2.3 Statue Gallery
Life
Corradini was born in Este. He worked mainly in the territory of the Republic of Venice, but he received orders from outside.
Cappella Sansevero
The Cappella Sansevero is a baroque church with numerous marble sculptures in the center of the historic center of Naples, Italy. Corradini was mentioned here in 1717, when he completed the " Veiled Truth". He created the chastity ( Pudicizia ). The "Christ, covered with the shroud " in the same chapel presented his pupil Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720-1793) finished.
In 1718 he was commissioned to build a monument to Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Marshal of the Venetian forces on the island of Corfu. 1720, he received the payment for an altar of the Blessed Hemma in the Cathedral of Gurk in Carinthia. On the garden in Dresden since 1728 is the " Üppigkeitsvase " by Corradini, more vases were in the palace garden in the Japanese Palace, also in Park Sanssouci in Potsdam there is a Corradini vase.
The imperial court in Vienna
From the imperial court in Vienna, the capital city of the Holy Roman Empire, Corradini received orders for the Wedding Fountain on the Hoher Markt. On November 30, 1728 a free pass was " for those on the high market new uplifting St. Josephine marriage columns ordered to Venice and herzubringende seven weißmarmorne statues " issued. For the imperial church of St.. Charles Borromeo he made on the lateral volutes two altars allegorical figures.
Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral, Tomb of John of Nepomuk
In the years after the beatification (1721 ) the tomb was still splendid equipped. The celebrations of the canonization of St. John of Nepomuk in 1729 brought so high donations that Emperor Charles VI. proposed to build a new, triumphant tomb. The head of the imperial courtyard buildings Gundaker of Althan should find suitable Viennese artist for it.
The design was provided by the court architect Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, a model made of plastic Antonio Corradini on, who was at that time in Vienna and also created the large wooden model for the cast. With the execution was commissioned the Viennese silversmith Johann Joseph Würth. Corradini also designed the bronze reliefs on the base. 1736 the work had not been completed, then continued with local forces.
Imperial Court sculptor
On May 24, 1732 he was appointed imperial Hofstatuarius with 1500 guilders annual salary, an additional 500 guilders accommodation allowance. In 1735 he designed the central statue of Emperor Charles VI. as Roman- German Emperor in Ceremonial Hall of the Court Library. 1736, he was assigned to the honorable court service, also known as the Hofschematismus.
In 1736 he designed with the architect and painter Antonio Galli- Bibienas a rush- Heater and received a ten-year privilege for the conduct of animal hunts.
On September 8, 1741 wife Maria died in Schottenhof with 48 years of dropsy. The court granted him on January 26, 1743 for an extended leave of Vienna. He died in Naples on June 29, 1752.
Statue Gallery
The Schulenburg Monument in Corfu
Louvre