Tiburzio Vergelli (1551-1609) was an Italian sculptor and

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. Born in

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, Vergelli was a highly skilled metal

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. He trained in the workshop of Antonio Calcagni and Girolamo Lombardo in

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. His first work is the statue of

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, given to his hometown Camerino. In the aftermath of the election of a new Pope, this statue was done around the same time as Calcagni was working on a similar statue for

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(1585–1587) and follows the same compositional scheme. This generated a split between the two, who subsequently contributed separately to the main door of the

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; Calcagni was entrusted to the door of the south side, and the north side was given to Vergelli. Vergelli worked with Sebastian Sebastiani and Giovan Battista Vitali for the baptismal font between 1600 and 1608. He died in 1609 in Recanati.

References

* "Sculpture in the Marches" by Peter Zampetti, Nardini Editore
Tiburcio Vergelli on 'Encyclopedia Treccani'
1551 births 1609 deaths 16th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors {{Italy-sculptor-stub