LORENZETTO

In 1514 he helped complete the cenotaph for Cardinal Niccolò Forteguerri (Pistoia Cathedral) begun by Andrea del Verrocchio in 1477, carving the figure of Charity.

In 1519 Lorenzetto was given the important commission of the statues for the funerary chapel of Agostino Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo. He was the assistant of Raphael, and from the painter’s designs he executed the decoration of the chapel consisting of two statues, Elijah, in which the schema of the celebrated antique Torso in the Belvedere is recognizable, and Jonah, an adolescent with refined forms, exhibiting Raphael’s sense of harmony. The relief on the altar, a long bronze frieze, betrays references to the best known Roman reliefs, the Ara pacis and the Borghese Dancers. The composition of the relief is due to Raphael. There is no ground, the figures stand out from the bronze plaque. The depth of the planes is given by variations in the relief. The flexibility of the women’s clinging drapery and the togas with small angular folds emphasize the respect for antiquity.

In 1519 Lorenzetto was given the important commission of the statues for the funerary chapel of Agostino Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo. He was the assistant of Raphael, and from the painter’s designs he executed the decoration of the chapel consisting of two statues, Elijah, in which the schema of the celebrated antique Torso in the Belvedere is recognizable, and Jonah, an adolescent with refined forms, exhibiting Raphael’s sense of harmony. The relief on the altar, a long bronze frieze, betrays references to the best known Roman reliefs, the Ara pacis and the Borghese Dancers. The composition of the relief is due to Raphael. There is no ground, the figures stand out from the bronze plaque. The depth of the planes is given by variations in the relief. The flexibility of the women’s clinging drapery and the togas with small angular folds emphasize the respect for antiquity.

In 1519 Lorenzetto was designated in the will of Agostino Chigi to execute sculptures in the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome. The figures of Elijah and Jonah, as well as the relief of Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery on the chapel’s altar, appear to have been based on designs by Raphael yet are rather weak in execution.

Lorenzetto executed Jonah for the funerary chapel of Agostini Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo. The statue shows a number of influences from the work of Raphael, who was the designer of the chapel. The statue of Elijah for the same chapel was completed in 1523 with the collaboration of Raffaelle da Montelupo.

The dynamic pose of Jonah reflects the impact of such proto-Mannerist figures as the ignudi painted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (Rome, Vatican), but the overall effect is awkward.

Ponte Sant’Angelo is a Roman bridge in Rome, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant’Angelo.

In 1535, Pope Clement VII allocated the toll income of the bridge to erecting the statues of the apostles St Peter (holding a book) by Lorenzetto, and St Paul (holding a broken sword and a book) by Paolo Romano to which subsequently the four evangelists and the patriarchs were added to other statues representing Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses.

When Clement IX had the Ponte Sant’Angelo modernized in 1667, he decided to replace the fourteen stucco angels set up by Raffaello da Montelupo under Paul III with ten marble figures. It was one of the last major projects by Bernini and his assistants.

The picture shows the statue of St Peter with the Castel Sant’Angelo in the background.

Ponte Sant’Angelo is a Roman bridge in Rome, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant’Angelo.

In 1535, Pope Clement VII allocated the toll income of the bridge to erecting the statues of the apostles St Peter (holding a book) by Lorenzetto, and St Paul (holding a broken sword and a book) by Paolo Romano to which subsequently the four evangelists and the patriarchs were added to other statues representing Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses.

When Clement IX had the Ponte Sant’Angelo modernized in 1667, he decided to replace the fourteen stucco angels set up by Raffaello da Montelupo under Paul III with ten marble figures. It was one of the last major projects by Bernini and his assistants.

The picture shows the statue of St Peter by Lorenzetto.

Lorenzetto carved the Virgin and Child for the tomb of Raphael in the Pantheon, Rome.

Lorenzetto carved the Virgin and Child for the tomb of Raphael in the Pantheon, Rome.