Ignazio Marabitti

Ignazio Marabitti ( born January 6, 1719 Palermo, † January 10, 1797 ) was an Italian sculptor in Sicily and the last important representative of the Palermo school of sculpture.

In Rome he was a pupil of the Florentine sculptor Filippo Della Valle (1697-1768), who was a member in 1730 and 1752 three times princeps of the Academy of San Luca in Rome. Here Marabitti learned the technique of high relief, and sat thus founded by the Gagginis and sculptor Giacomo Serpotta tradition in Sicily continued.

In his workshop in Piazza S. Onofrio, he employed many staff and students to carry out the numerous orders usually aristocratic Palermo.

His earliest work are the statues of Peter and Paul on the facade of the cathedral in Syracuse from 1746. His main works are located in Palermo, where he spent most of his life. Especially its fountain Fontana del Genio and Cavallo Marino became known. He realized elegant high reliefs and grave times that embodied the spirit of the Sicilian aristocracy.

Work (selection)

In Palermo

  • High relief Gloria di San Luigi in the Church Casa Professa in Palermo
  • High relief with Sant ' Ambrogio, San Gregorio, Sant'Agostino and San Gerolamo in the Chiesa di San Matteo in Palermo
  • High relief with the Virgin Mary, St. John, Magdalena e l' Eterno in the church of Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
  • Fontana del Drago
  • Fontana del Pescatore in Palermo
  • Fontana del Genio in the park of the Villa Giulia Palermo
  • Fontana del Cavallo Marino, the first was located in the garden of Palazzes Aiutamicristo and was later placed on the Piazza Santo Spirito in Palermo.
  • Fiume Oreto or Fontana di Nettuno in San Martino delle Scale
  • Stoup with angels in the church of San Giuseppe dei Teatini in Palermo
  • The Belmonte Family Crest on Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Palermo

Outside of Palermo

  • Various sculptures and reliefs in the cathedral of Syracuse
  • High relief of the Immacolata in the church of the Jesuits in Trapani
  • Statue of San Vito on the Piazza della Republica in Mazara del Vallo
  • Chapel of San Benedetto in the Cathedral of Monreale, one of his masterpieces
  • Attica figures in marble for the Palazzo Gangi - Valguarnera Bagheria
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