Pietro Bernini e Giovanni Caccini per le tombe angioine nel Duomo di Napoli

• Autores: Fernando Loffredo
• Localización: Prospettiva: rivista di storia dell'arte antica e moderna, ISSN 0394-0802, Nº. 139-140, 2010, págs. 81-107
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • In the last years of the sixteenth century, the Viceroy of Naples, Enrique de Guzmán, Count of Olivares, encouraged the rearrangement in the counterfaçade of the Cathedral of Naples of the tombs of the Angevin Kings Carlo I, Carlo Martello, and Clemenza of Austria, whose bodies were awaiting a proper burlial after being removed from the apse.

    Domenico Fontana designed a monumental wall structure in colored marble, with a large memorial plaque and three sarcophagi, on which (at a considerable height) stood three massive white marble statues, depicting the sovereigns. The work was completed in 1602, and has not suffered considerable damage over time. Although many literary sources, includig Fontana himself, mention the monument, the sculptures have not received much attention. Thanks to a new stylistic analysis, the vibrant and innovate Carlo Martello can be attributed without hesitancy to Pietro Bernini, while the Clemenza of Austria to Giovanni Caccini, both Florentine sculptors active in Naples during those years. Due the absence of documentation, the ascription of Carlo I is more difficult and it remains an open question; however, when examining the monument’s ornate parts, the style of minorsculptors such as Tommaso Montani (a pupil od Caccini), and Francesco Cassano is clear.