Resumen de Appunti per Taddeo Carlone e Pietro Francavilla a Genova
Working in Genoa, the Ticinese sculptor Taddeo Carlone (1543-1615) recurrently adopted Tuscan statuary models. While in the first half of the sixteenth century Genoa had been enriched by the works of artists such as Andrea Sansovino and Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, Taddeo's period of activity saw the presence of Giambologna and especially Pietro Francavilla. As has been recognised, such artists were summoned from Grand Ducal Florence partly because of the commission of bronze statues for the Grimaldi chapel in the now destroyed church of San Francesco di Castelletto. Giambologna was present in Genoa only in 1579, whereas Pietro Francavilla returned several times working with Taddeo Carlone for the Senarega chapel in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. The discovery of new documents referring to this funerary chapel, including the drawing for the project, offers an occasion to clarify the role played by Taddeo in the construction and decoration of the chapel. The autor is thus able to identify the extent of Pietro Francavilla's influence on the sculptural and architectural oeuvre of Taddeo Carlone.
