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Giovanni Battista Foggini (25 April 1652 – 12 April 1725) was an Italian sculptor active in Florence, renowned mainly for small bronze statuary.〔Kurt Lankheit, ''Florentinische Barockplastik'', 1962; ''The Twilight of the Medici: Late Baroque Art in Florence, 1670-1743'', (Florence 1974).〕 ==Biography== Born in Florence, the young Foggini was sent to Rome by the Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany to join the so-called ''Accademia Fiorentina'', and apprentice in the Roman sculptural studio of Ercole Ferrata, a pupil of Algardi. He was also tutored in drawing by the Accademia's first director (1673–1686), Ciro Ferri, who was a pupil of Cortona. Returning to Florence in 1676, he became the court sculptor for Cosimo III.〔See Foggini's (portrait of the duke )〕 After the son of Pietro Tacca, Fernando, died in 1686, the mantle of the premier local sculptor fell to Foggini, who would become the Medici's ''Architetto Primario e Primo scultore della Casa Serenissima'' as well as ''Soprintendente dei Lavori'' (1687–1725).〔Cannon-Brookes, p. 778〕 In 1687, Foggini acquired the foundry in Borgo Pinti that had once belonged to the sculptor Giambologna. This allowed him to specialize in small bronzes,〔See Web Gallery of Art (image ).〕 produced mainly and profitably for export. His adaptation of Pietro Tacca's ''Moors'' was the basis of bronze and ceramic reproductions for the connoisseur market well into the 18th century.〔See Anthea Brook's article in ''The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem'', ed. Elizabeth McGrath and Jean Michel Massing, London (The Warburg Institute) and Turin 2012.〕 In Florence, his masterpieces are his sculptural relief work in the Capella Corsini of the Chiesa del Carmine. The chapel was erected by Bartolomeo and Cardinal Neri Corsini in memory of their recently canonized〔Died 1373 and canonized in 1629 by Urban VIII〕 ancestral family member, San Andrea Corsini. It contains three large marble reliefs depicting his life: ''San Andrea in Glory'', (''The Mass of San Andrea Corsini'' ) and (''The Battle of Anghiari'' ) (1685–87). He also completed works in Cappella Feroni in the Annunziata. Another work is the main staircase of the Medici-Riccardi Palace in Florence. Among his small bronzes are ''David with the Head of Goliath''.〔An example is in the Cleveland Museum of Art (Frederick Den Broeder and John D. Cooney, "Giovanni Battista Foggini: David with the Head of Goliath", ''The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art'' 54.1 (1967:22-26 )).〕 Foggini's pupils included Fernando Fuga, his nephew Filippo della Valle, Balthasar Permoser, Giovacchino Fortini and Giovanni Baratta. Massimiliano Soldani Benzi was a contemporary student with Foggini in Rome and also active in small bronze sculpture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giovanni Battista Foggini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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