Antonio Calcagni
Antonio Calcagni (1538 in Recanati – 1593) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. He apprenticed with Girolamo Lombardo in Recanati, where he completed a statue of Pope Gregory XIII (1574) started by Ludovico Lombardi and Ascoli. He also completed a statue of the poet Annibale Caro in bronze.
Also recorded as Antonio di Bernardino Calcagni
Antonio Calcagni
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- Born
- 1536 · Recanati.
- Died
- 1593 · Recanati.
- Occupation
- sculptor
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Antonio Calcagni (1538 in Recanati – 1593) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. He apprenticed with Girolamo Lombardo in Recanati, where he completed a statue of Pope Gregory XIII (1574) started by Ludovico Lombardi and Ascoli. He also completed a statue of the poet Annibale Caro in bronze.
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He also completed bronze reliefs for the Basilica of Loreto. He collaborated with a younger Tiburzio Vergelli. He designed the monumental entry doors to the church of Loreto, but these were completed by his nephew Tarquinio Jacometti and his pupil Sebastiano Sebastiani.
• Monument to Cardinal Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta (1580) Basilica, Loreto • Bronze relief of Deposition, Basilica, Massilla Chapel, Loreto • Medallion depicting Barbara Massilla, Basilica, Massilla Chapel, Loreto • Depiction of Father Dantini, Church of Sant'Agostino, Recanati • Virgin and child, Villa Coloredo Mels, Recanati • Monument to Pope Sixtus V (1587), Piazzale della Basilica, Loreto • Monument in bronze of Agostino Filago (1592), Basilica, Loreto • Monumental South door, Basilica, Loreto
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1536
Antonio Calcagni born at Recanati.
1593
Antonio Calcagni died at Recanati.
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A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure. Calcagni, Antonio, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Calcagni, Antonio di Bernardino, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.
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- Macerata et son territoire : la sculpture de Giuseppe Vitalini Sacconi
- Pietro Zampetti (dir.), Sculpture dans les Marches, Nardini Editore
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