Antonio Federighi
Antonio Federighi (circa 1420 – 1490) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period. He was born and active mainly in Siena, Italy. • Illustration — Arms of Federighi family. He began as a sculptor for the Duomo of Siena, and worked there alongside Jacopo della Quercia.
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Antonio Federighi
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- 1420 · Siena.
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- Italy
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- sculptor · architect
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Antonio Federighi (circa 1420 – 1490) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period. He was born and active mainly in Siena, Italy. • Illustration — Arms of Federighi family. He began as a sculptor for the Duomo of Siena, and worked there alongside Jacopo della Quercia.
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In 1448, he rose to Capomaestro dell'Opera del Duomo, working with Pietro di Tommaso del Minella. Among his work at the Cathedral of Siena is the marble intarsio design of the Erythraean Sibyl (1482). He was also Capomaestro for the Cathedral of Orvieto. He designed the Palazzo delle Papesse and the nearby Loggia del Papa (1462–63). He may have contributed to the design of Santa Maria delle Nevi. Federighi is considered as the architect who reintroduced the heavily foliated carving and the antique pagan imagery into the vocabulary of Sienese Quattrocento sculpture. During his work as the Capomaestro of the Opera, he has designed multiple holy water basins (Acquasantieras) that, for a long time, were mistaken for pagan alters. The Acquasantiera he designed is considered to have been commissioned to celebrate a marriage between the powerful clans or the birth of a mutual heir. • Illustration — Erythraean Sibyl floor mosaic in the Cathedral of Siena
Antonio Federighi is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as sculptor and architect.
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1420
Antonio Federighi was born on 1 January 1420.
1483
Antonio Federighi died on 1 January 1483.
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- 1.Paoletti 1968, S. 281.
- 2.Minella, Pietro di Tommaso del. 2015-12-15.
- 3.Da Federighi schon Meister war, nimmt Paoletti an, dass Minèlla hier nicht gestaltend, sondern nurmehr als Aufsicht fungierte. Paoletti 1968, S. 281.
- 4.Siena-Info, abgerufen am 9. März 2011.
- 5.Offizielle Webseite der Gemeinde Sarteano zum Castello, abgerufen am 3. März 2011. 20111023005147.
- 6., abgerufen am 26. Juni 2018 (italienisch)
- 7.Inventarnummer 2822
- 8.Museo Aurelio Castelli bei Sienaonline, abgerufen am 7. März 2011
- 9.Loggia del Papa Siena bei der Web Gallery of Art, abgerufen am 7. März 2011
- 10.Antonio Federighi.
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