Passive Tranquility The Sculpture of Filippo Della Valle

318 Pages·1997·13.3 MB·English

by  Vernon Hyde Minor

PASSIVE
TRANQUILLITY:
The Sculpture of Filippo DeUa VaUe
Vernon HydeMinor
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PASSIVE
TRANQUILLITY:
THE SCULPTURE OF FILIPPO
DELLA VALLE
VernonHydeminor
AmericanPhilosophicalSociety
IndependenceSquare Philadelphia
1997
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Contents
ListofIllustrations vi
Preface 1
FilippodellaValle's Life,Work,andStyle 2
FilippodellaValleinRome 12
TheCorsiniChapel 29
CupidandPsyche:AForgedSignatureandChildLoving 43
ANoblePortraitforaPersonaGratixsima 53
EminenceandHonor:SculptureDuringthePontificate
OfBenedictXIV(1740-1758) 56
175Q-a.TuhileeYear 58
AnInstanceofBenedict'sDispleasurewiththeArts 66
TheTombforInnocentXTIinSt.Peter's 68
Founders 77
A"Contumacious"WomaninSaintPeter's:DellaValle's
MonumenttoSaintTeresa 82
MetalworkandTwoFilippo(della)Valles 89
Conclusion:CelebrisinhacAlmaUrbeSculptor 92
CatalogueoftheWorksofFilippodellaValle 94
DocinvfENTS 272
Appendices:
I 292
II 292
III 293
RlRLIOORAPHY 295
Index 301
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LISTOFILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
1.FilippodellaValle(?),(Self)PortraitofFilippodellaValle,1766,oiloncanvas,
AccademiadiSanLuca,Rome.
2.GiovanniBattistaFoggini,MassofSt.AndreaCorsini,Foggini'sMassofSt.
AndreaCorsini(1685-1691,Florence,S.MariadelCarmine,CorsiniChapel,1685-
1691,S.MariadelCarmine,CorsiniChapelFlorence,Florence.
3. GiovanniBattistaFoggini,Miracleof St. AmbrogioSansedoni, 1692-1700,
PalazzoSansedoni,Siena.
4.CamilloRusconi,MemorialtoAlexanderSobieski,marble.1727-28,SantaMaria
dellaConcezione,Rome.
5. Camillo Rusconi (with assistance ofdella Valle?), MemorialtoAlexander
Sobieski,detailofputto,marble,1727-28,SantaMariadellaConcezione,Rome.
6.AlessandroAlgardi,LiberalityfortheTombofLeoXI,completed1644,St.Peter's,
Rome.
7. Agostino Comacchini,Prudence. 1732-35. CorsiniChapel, SanGiovanni in
Laterano.Rome.
8. GiovanniBattistaMaini,Statueof CardinalNeriCorsini, 1732-35, Corsini
Chapel,SanGiovanniinLaterano,Rome.
9.PietroBracci.MonumenttoMariaClementinaSobieski. 1742.marble,alabaster,
andbronze.SaintPeter's.Rome.
10.Jean-AugusteCayot,CompagnesdeDiane, 1696-1712, originallyChateaude
Marly,currentlyClivedon.
11. Jean-AugusteCayot, CompagnesdeDiane, detail ofsignature, 1696-1712,
originallyChateaudeMarly;currentlyClivedon.
12. FilippodellaValle,CupidandPsyche,detailofsignatureof"Cayot, 1706".
WallaceCollection,London.
13.PierreLeGros,St.LouisGonzagainGlory. 1698-99,Sant'Ignazio,Rome.
14.CamilloRusconi,TombofPopeGregory. 1719-25,St.Peter's.Rome.
15.GianlorenzoBernini,St.Longinus, 1629-38,St.Peter's.Rome.
16.CamilloRusconi's,St.JohntheEvangelist. 1713-15,SanGiovanniinLaterano,
Rome.
17.FilippoValle(ottonaro)frommodelbyAlessandroGiusti,HeadofanAngel.
MAI,HighAltar,Sant'ApoUinare,Rome.
Plates:
1.Josiah,KingofJudah,GivingMoneyfortheTemple,1725,Terra-cottarelief,
AccademiadiSanLuca,Rome.
2.BustofCarloCerri,c.1729,CerriChapel,11Gesu,Rome.
3.BustofCarloCerri.c.1729,CerriChapel.11Gesfi.Rome.
4.BustofClementXII.1730s.marble.MuseodiRoma,Rome.
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5.BustofClementXII(copy), 1730s,MarforioFountain,CapitolineHill,Rome.
6. BustofClementXII,1730s,marble,BibliotccaAmbrosiana,Milan.
7.BustofSirThomasRobinson(right),c. 1730,MonumenttoRobinsonandLady
Lechmere,Poets'Comer,WestminsterAbbey,London.
8.St.Mark,1730,stuccopendentiverelief,SS. LucaeMartina,Rome.
9.HeadoftheMadonna,1730s,terra-cotta,formerlyarttrade,London.
10.HeadofMadonna, 1730s,terra-cotta,formerlyarttrade,London.
11.CupidandPsyche,1732,marble.WallaceCollection,London.
12.CupidandPsyche(fromrear), 1732,marble,WallaceCollection,London.
13.CupidandPsyche,1732,engraving,BritishMuseum,London.
14.Anonymous,CupidandPsyche,mid-nineteenthcentury,terra-cotta,formerlyart
trade,London.
15.Anonymous,CupidandPsyche,mid-nineteenthcentury,terra-cotta,ROhsska.
KonstslOjdmuseet,GOteborg.
16.St.John, 1732,Red-chalkdrawing,UffiziGalleries,Florence.
17.MartyrdomofSt.John,1732?,marblerelief.Portico,SanGiovanniinLaterano.
Rome.
18. TemperanceandTwoPutti, 1732-35,marble,CorsiniChapel,SanGiovanniin
Laterano,Rome.
19.TemperarweandTwoPutti,detailofputti, 1732-35,marble,CorsiniChapel,San
GiovanniinLaterano.Rome.
20. Temperance, 1730s,terra-cotta.PrincessGateCollection,CourtauldGallery,
London.
IX.St.Jerome, 1733,terra-cotta,PalacioNacional,Mafra,Portugal.
22.HeadofaSaint/BozzettoforSt.Jerome?, 1730s,terra-cotta.MuseumofFine
Arts,Springfield,MA.
23. St. John ofMatha, 1733, terra-cotta. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College,
Amherst,MA.
24.MonumenttoGirolamoSanminiati. 1733,marble,SanGiovannideiFiorentini,
Rome.
25.St.JohnPreaching,1735,marblerelief,SanGiovannideiFiorentini,Rome.
26.St.JohnPreaching, 1735,stuccorelief,MuseodiPalazzoVenezia,Rome.
27.MilitaryTrophies,1735,marble,aboveleft portalPalazzodellaConsulta,Rome.
28.MilitaryTrophies,detail,1735,marble,PalazzodellaConsulta,Rome.
29. Military Trophies, 1735, marble, aboverightportal, Palazzo,dellaConsulta,
Rome.
30.MilitaryTrophies,detail, 1735,marble,PalazzodellaConsulta,Rome.
31.MonumenttoMariaClementinaSobieski,1737-38,SantiApostoli,Rome.
32.St. TeresainGlory,1738,marble.ChapelofSt.Teresa,SantaMariadellaScala,
Rome.
33.St. TeresainGlory, 1738,marble,ChapelofSt.Teresa,SantaMariadellaScala,
Rome.
34.St.TeresainGlory,detail,1738,marble.ChapelofSt.Teresa,SantaMariadella
Scala,Rome.
35.TwoCherubHeadssupportingarchitrave, 1738,marble.ChapelofSt.Teresa,
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SantaMariaDeliaScala,Rome.
36.JusticeandReligion,1739,marble,CentralDoor,PalazzodellaConsulta,Rome.
37.ViewofPalazzodeltaConsultafromanineteenth-centuryphotograph,with
JusticeandReligion,Rome.
38.TombofThomasDereham,1739-41,whiteandcoloredmarbles,lefttransept,
SanTommasodegliInglesi,Rome.
39.TombofThomasDereham,detailofDereham, 1739-41 .whiteandcolored
marbles,lefttransept,SanTommasodegliInglesi,Rome.
40. Tomb ofThomas Dereham, detailofFidelity, 1739-41, white andcolored
marbles,lefttransept,SanTommasodegliInglesi,Rome.
41.TombofThomasDereham,detailof Religion, 1739-41,white andcolored
marbles,lefttransept,SanTommasodegliInglesi.Rome.
42.TheAnnunciation, 1740,stucco,ovalmedallionatbaseofcupola,Santissimo
NomediMaria,Rome.
43.Maini(?),drawingofAnnunciation,formerlyarttrade,London.
44.MonumenttoClementXII,1742,marble,entrancetoSacristy,SanGiovannidei
Fiorentini,Rome.
45. Monumentto ClementXII, detail ofClement, 1742. marble, entranceto
Sacristy,SanGiovannideiFiorentini,Rome.
46.BustofClementXII(replicaofportraitinSanGiovannideiFiorentini),marble,
1740s,CorsiniLibrary,PalazzoCorsini,Rome.
47. Statue ofBlessedNicolaAlbergati, 1742,travertine, exterior, SantaMaria
Maggiore,Rome.
48. Statueof Blessed NicolaAlbergati, 1742,travertine,exterior,SantaMaria
Maggiore,Rome.
49. Statue ofBlessedNicolaAlbergati, 1742, travertine, exterior, SantaMaria
Maggiore,Rome.
50.HolySpirit,1743,travertine,reliefonLoggiadellaBenedizione,SantaMaria
Maggiore,Rome.
51.NicolaAlbergati(copyofstatueonSantaMariaMaggiore), 1740s(?),terra-
cotta,LosAngelesCountyMuseum,LosAngeles.
52.MonumenttoLadyWalpole,1743,marble,WestminsterAbbey,London.
53.TombofCardinalPietroCorradini.1743-50.whiteandcoloredmarbles.Santa
MariainTrastevere,Rome.
54.TombofCardinalPietroCorradini,detailofCorradini, 1743-50,whiteand
coloredmarbles,SantaMariainTrastevere.Rome.
55.SaintJohnofGod,1745,marble.SaintPeter's,Rome.
56.TombofInnocentXII.1746.marble.SaintPeter's.Rome.
57.TombofInnocentXII,detailofCharity,1746,marble,SaintPeter's,Rome.
58.BozzettoforCharity,TombofInnocentXII,1745-46,stucco/gesso.Chapelof
SanDiegod'Alcal^SantaMariad'Aracoeli,Rome.
59.BozzettoforJustice,TombofInnocentXII,1745-46,stucco/gesso,Chapelof
SanDiegod'Alcal^SantaMariad'Aracoeli,Rome.
60.BustofanUnknownMan.1747.marble.CollectionofFedericoZeri.Rome.
61.Visitation, 1748.marblerelief,ChigiChapel,Cathedral,Siena.
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62.CharityandStrength(orAbundanceandMagnificence)^ 1749-51,travertine,
tympanumofmaindoor,SanGiovannideiFiorentini,Rome.
63.CharityandStrength(orAbundanceandMagnificence),detailoffigureonleft,
1749-51,travertine,tympanumofmaindoor,SanGiovannideiFiorentini,Rome.
64.TheAnnunciation, 1750,marblereliefoveraltaroflefttransept,Sant'Ignazio,
Rmne.
65.TheAnnunciation^detailoftiheAngelGabriel,1750,marblereliefoveraltarof
lefttransept,Sanflgnazio,Rome.
66.TheAnnunciation,detailofMaiy,1750,marblereliefoveraltaroflefttransept,
Sant'Ignazio,Rome.
67.TheAnnunciationydetailofangels,1750,marblereliefoveraltaroflefttransept,
Sant'Ignazio,Rome.
68.Acolyteontheright,1751,bronze.HighAltar,SantaMariaMaggiore,Rome.
69.Acolyteondieleft,1751,bronze,HighAltar,SantaMariaMaggiore,Rome.
70.StJerome,1752,stuccorelief,SanLuigideiFrances!,Rome.
71.5ir.Teresa,1754,marble.SaintPetei's,Rome.
72.St.Teresa,1754,marble.SaintPeter's,Rome.
73.MonumenttoEmmanuelePereiradeSampaio,1756,marble,rightsideofchapel,
SanAntoniodeiPortoghesi.
74.MonumenttoEmmanuelePereiradeSampaio,1756,marble,leftsideofchapel,
SanAntoniodeiPortoghesi.
75.MonumoittoEmmanuelePereiradeSampaio,detail,1756,nunble,rightsideof
chapel,SanAntmiiodeiPortoghesi.
76.MonumenttoEmmanuelePereiradeSampaio,detail,1756,marble,leftsideof
chapel,SanAntoniodeiPortoghesi.
77.Health,1759-62,marble,TreviFountain,Rome.
78.Fertility,1759-62,marble,TreviFountain,Rome.
79.Anonymous,CopyofFertility,c.1850,terra-cotta,MuseodiPalazzoVenezia,
RiHne.
80.NicolaSalvi,ModelforTreviFountain,1738,MuseodiRoma,Rome.
81.ChaptlofStChristopher,Sant'Ignazio,Rome.
82.AngelonRight,1763,stucco.ChapelofSt.Christopher,Sant'Ignazio,Rome.
83.AngelonLeft,1763,stucco.ChapelofSt.Christopher,Sanflgnazio,Rome.
84.Flora,1763,marble.DiningHall,SyonHouse,London.
85.Muse(Euterpe?),1763,marble.DiningHall,SyonHouse,London.
86.Allegory,1730s(?),terra-cotta,RhodeIslandSchoolofDesign,Providence.
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