- Filippo Parodi
Filippo Parodi (1630–22 July 1702) was an Italian sculptor of the
Baroque period.Biography
Born in
Genoa into a family of sculptors, Parodi developed his facility with wood, then transferred his mastery to marble in the 1670s. His two extended sojourns in Rome refined his style; he joined the studio ofBernini as an assistant (1655-1661), although he appears to have been influenced by Algardi and his pupilErcole Ferrata . Later on returning to Genoa, he met the French Baroque sculptorPierre Puget , who stayed in Genoa from 1661-1666. Parodi developed a large studio to handle a large number of commissions.In Genoa during the 1661-1670s, he completed an "Ecstasy of Saint Martha" for Santa Marta, a "Saint John" for San Maria di Carignano, and a "Virgin and Child" for San Carlo.
In 1691 he was called to
Padua , where he and his studio were responsible for the six white marble sculptures of saints and the "Glory of Saint Anthony" (1689-97) in the polychrome marble setting of the "Cappella del Tesoro" ("Chapel of the Treasure") at the Basilica of Saint Anthony. The cornice is crowded with celebrative angels by a "stuccador" from Lugano,Pietro Roncaioli .In
Venice , he completed the elaborate funeral "Monument of BishopFrancesco Morosini " (1678), inSan Nicolò da Tolentino .For Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein of Vienna, he produced two allegorical busts: "Vice" and "Virtue", which remain in the Liechtenstein collection, Vienna. The expressive bust of [http://www.liechtensteinmuseum.at/en/pages/artbase_main.asp?module=browse&action=m_work&lang=en&sid=675237225&oid=W-1472004121953420159| "Vice"] has a specific Bernini source in Bernini's [http://www.scultura-italiana.com/Galleria/Bernini%20Gian%20Lorenzo/imagepages/image4.html| "Anima dannata"] .
His sculptures commissioned by Eugenio Durazzo in 1679 during the renovation of the
Palazzo Balbi Durazzo , Genoa, remain "in situ" (the present Palazzo Reale); they are a sentimental " [http://www.wga.hu/html/p/parodi/2christ.html Christ at the Column] " for the chapel and a set of four mythological figures fromOvid 's "Metamorphoses " (Venus, Clytie, Adonis, and Hyacinth) for the garden. The statues are emotive and often witty reworkings of sculptures byBernini [http://www.wga.hu/html/p/parodi/2christ.html] .Parodi's name is often invoked in connection with carved and gilded Late Baroque Genoese side tables and
gueridon s. Among the assistants in his atelier was the youngAndrea Brustolon and the his Genoese son-in-law,Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli (1654-1735). His son,Domenico Parodi (1672-1742), was a painter of some merit, initially apprenticed with Sebastiano Bombelli, then, in the early 1690s, working in the studios ofCarlo Maratta and then his pupilPaolo Girolamo Piola . Other pupils of Parodi wereAngelo de' Rossi , the brothers Francesco andBernardo Schiaffino .Other works
*"Glory of the Magdalene", high altar, S. Maria delle Vigne, Genoa [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/parodi/index.html] .
*"Boy with a Skull (Vanitas)"Hermitage Museum , Saint Petersburg
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*"Winter" from a set of Seasons (Cleveland Museum of Art )References
*cite book | author= Bruce Boucher| year=1998| title= Italian Baroque Sculpture| chapter= | editor= Thames & Hudson| others= | pages= p. 78 | publisher= | id= | url= | authorlink=
*cite book | first= Rudolf|last= Wittkower| year=1993| title= Pelican History of Art, Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750| editor= | others=1980 | pages= p448 | publisher= Penguin Books Ltd| id= | url= | authorlink=External links
* [http://www.wga.hu/bio/p/parodi/biograph.html Web Gallery of Art]
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