Giacomo Antonio Corbellini

• Name — Giacomo Antonio Corbellini • Born — 1674 • Birthplace — Como • Died — 1742 • Place of death — Laffio • Occupation — Stuccoist

Giacomo Antonio Corbellini was born in 1674, either in Lugano or Laino, near Como. Corbellini began working in southern Moravia for the Dietrichstein family at the garden of Mikulov Castle. Three years later, while still working at Mikulov Castle, Corbellini was tasked with decorating its chapel in stucco. In 1705, he helped make repairs to Church of Saint Nicholas in Nepomyšl, then produced the altar of Church of All Saints in Libochovice the next year. Corbellini was again working in Libochovice, this time at the Libochovice Castle, repairing stucco ceilings, in 1707. In 1707–1708, Corbellini created the stucco decoration and pulpit of Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Polná. In 1711, Corbellini moved to Prague, where he named his first son, Paolo. After a few years in Prague, where he has no recorded works, Corbellini moved to and lived in Osek from 1713 to 1718. There, he produced for the local monastery its stuccoed altar and decor. In 1718, Corbellini moved to Ludwigsburg, then capital of the Duchy of Württemberg, where his brother-in-law, Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, worked as chief architect on a new ducal palace. At Ludwigsburg Corbellini was tasked with the production of scagliola. In the same area, and again under Frisoni's direction, Corbellini worked at Basilica of St. Martin, Weingarten in Weingarten. Corbellini returned to Italy in 1733 to live at Laffio, where he died in 1742.