Giacomo Gaggini

Giacomo Gaggini or Gaginis (* December 15, 1517 in Palermo, † June 25, 1598 ) was a sculptor of the Renaissance in Sicily.

Life

Giacomo Gaginis was a member of the greatest sculptors family in Sicily. He was the son of Antonello and brother of Giovanni, Giandomenico, Antonino Fazio and Vincenzo Gaggini. After his father's death ( 1536) he was heir and took over the workshop management. First, he completed the initiated or designed by the father works, such as the Tribuna of the Cathedral of Palermo or the marble decoration in the Church of the Annunziata in Trapani at the end. In the years of his artistic career, he left numerous works on Sicily.

His main work, the marble works are in the Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Udienza in Roccella Valdemone. For the collection of the Viceroy Conde de Guzman Enrico Olivara he delivered in 1592 to the design for a triumphal arch. A situation created richly decorated by him in 1544 archbishop's throne for the Cathedral of Palermo is lost. His co-workers were the brothers Giuseppe and Spatafora, Fedele Casella and his son Scipione.

Works (selection)

  • Santa Oliva ( Alcamo ): " Annunciation" ( 1545 ), together with her brother Antonino
  • Basilica di S. Maria Assunta ( Alcamo ) "Peter "
  • Chiesa di SS Paolo and Bartolomeo ( Alcamo ) marble triptych
  • San Francesco d' Assisi ( Alcamo ): marble reredos ( 1586) marble sculpture
  • SS Trinita della Magione (Palermo): " Madonna and Child" and " The Saviour " (together with his father Antonello )
  • Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola ( Palermo): Portal: marble relief ( 1536) and three sculptures: " Madonna delle Grazie ", San Francesco and Santa Oliva
  • San Francesco d' Assisi ( Palermo) sculptures, together with her brother Antonino
  • San Nicolò ( Randazzo ): Marble work on the Crucifixion altar with Antonello 1535
  • Sanctuary of the Annunciation (Trapani ); Marble Arch ( 1531-37 ) together with the father and the brother Antonello Fazio
  • Chiesa Madre ( Roccella Valdemone ): Marble Sculpture ( 1534)
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Udienza ( Roccella Valdemone ): marble sculpture " Birth of Christ" and the " Madonna and Child " ( 1540).
  • Chiesa Madre ( Naro ): Sculptures Antonello and Giacomo Gaginis
  • Gesú ( Naro ): Madonna of the chains
  • Maria SS Annunziata ( Longi ): " Annunciation Madonna" ( 1534) and Antonino
  • Chiesa di S. Francesco dei Frati Minori from Convento (Messina): marble sculpture " San Francesco " and "Fra Leone " ( 1559 ) together with his brother Antonino
  • Basilica della Madonna Catena ( Castiglione): " Madonna of the chains "
  • Cathedral ( Caltabellotta ): " Madonna of the Snow"
  • Chiesa Matrice Vecchia ( Caltabellotta ): " Madonna of the chains "
  • Santuario di San Calogero ( Sciacca ): Statue " San Calogero " (1538 )
  • Chiesa Madre ( Patti): " Madonna of the chains " ( 1542)
  • Church of the Annunciation ( Tortoric ): " Our Lady of Help " ( 1553)
  • Grotta del Santuario ( Praia a Mare) " Madonna of the Snow"
  • Chiesa Madre ( Sinagra ) Marmorretabel ( 1543)
  • Chiesa di San Pietro ( Erice): " Madonna of Peace"
  • Chiesa di San Francesco all'Immacolata ( Comiso ): sarcophagus for the Conte Baldassare II Naselli
  • Diocesan Museum di Palermo: Sculptures
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