Ferdinando Tacca
Illustration — Bemberg Fondation Toulouse - Hercules and the wild boar of Erymanthus - Ferdinando Tacca.jpg Ferdinando Tacca (1619–1686) was an Italian sculptor and architect, active during the Baroque period in Florence.
Also recorded as Fernandino Tacca
Ferdinando Tacca
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- 1619 · Florence.
- Died
- 1686 · Florence.
- Nationality
- Italy
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- sculptor · architect
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Illustration — Bemberg Fondation Toulouse - Hercules and the wild boar of Erymanthus - Ferdinando Tacca.jpg Ferdinando Tacca (1619–1686) was an Italian sculptor and architect, active during the Baroque period in Florence.
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He was the son of Pietro Tacca, a sculptor active for the Medici in Florence. After Pietro's death in 1640, Ferdinado inherited his studio and bronze foundry in Borgo Pinti, where he produced both large equestrian monuments, statuary, and smaller-scale works for both local and foreign patrons. He helped complete in 1640 the bronze Equestrian Statue of King Philip IV of Spain in Madrid. He created the Crucifix for the Cathedral of Prato and the Fontana di Bacchino, located in the city's main piazza. The fountain (1659-1665) depicts young Bacchus in bronze sitting around bunches of grapes. After 1650, Tacca also became a prominent stage designer and engineer. After 1656, Ferdinando was appointed engineer of the Medici buildings and fortifications. He designed the Teatro Della Pergola, built in 1656, commissioned by Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de' Medici.
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- 1.devenu le Théâtre Impérial en 1810, et déclaré depuis 1925 monument d'intérêt national.
- 2.pietra serena : une roche gris foncé, un micaschiste, dont la dureté relative permet la réalisation de colonnes monolithiques, a contrario de la pietra forte, pierre détritique, de grès micacé pour les églises et les palais comme les bossages du Palais Pitti.
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- Luigi Zangheri : Matière et technologie dans les apparati de Ferdinando Tacca, traduction d'Hervé Brunon http://www.centrechastel.paris4.sorbonne.fr/PagesPersonnelles/PagePersonnelleBrunon.htm
- XII Biennale Internazione di Scultura di Carrara, Pietro Tacca, Carrara, la Toscana, le grandi corti europee, centre d'arts plastiques, ex-couvent San Francesco, Carrare, - sous la direction de Franca Falletti
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