Francesco Aprile
Francesco Aprile (1657 in Carona – 1710 in Turin), was an Italian sculptor and stucco artist, born in what is now Switzerland, and mainly active in Turin, the Duchy of Savoy, but also Rome. Francesco and his brother Alessandro trained under the sculptor Carlo Alessandro. In 1690, he labored in the Sindone Chapel with Paolo Cortesi, in making the highly ornate marble pavement.
Francesco Aprile
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- 1657 · Carona.
- Died
- 1710 · Turin.
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- Switzerland
- Occupation
- sculptor
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Francesco Aprile (1657 in Carona – 1710 in Turin), was an Italian sculptor and stucco artist, born in what is now Switzerland, and mainly active in Turin, the Duchy of Savoy, but also Rome. Francesco and his brother Alessandro trained under the sculptor Carlo Alessandro. In 1690, he labored in the Sindone Chapel with Paolo Cortesi, in making the highly ornate marble pavement.
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Born at Carona in 1657, died in Turin in 1710.
Francesco Aprile (1657–1710) was a Swiss sculptor.
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- 1.Comoli Mandracci, Vera. Luganensium artistarum universitas : l'archivio e i luoghi della Compagnia di Sant'Anna tra Lugano e Torino. G. Casagrande. 1992. 88-7795-070-6.
- 2.Cattaneo, Maria Vittoria. L'archivio della Compagnia di Sant'Anna dei Luganesi in Torino : una fonte documentaria per cantieri e maestranze fra architettura e decorazione nel Piemonte sabaudo. Fondazione per l'arte della Compagnia di San Paolo. 2006. 978-88-902526-1-7.
- 3.Maestranze artistiche. Dizionario storico della Svizzera.
- 4.Andrea Spiriti. Artisti e architetti svizzeri a Torino. Le ragioni della continuità. 52. 2011.
- 5.Laura. Gli Aprile di Carona. Una presenza secolare nello Stato sabaudo, in G. Mollisi-L. Facchin (a cura di), Svizzeri a Torino nella storia, nell’arte, nella cultura, nell’economia dal Quattrocento ad oggi, numero speciale di “Arte & Storia”, anno 11, ottobre 2011, n. 32.
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