Ignazio Collino (1724–1793) was an Italian sculptor, active in the late-

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, mainly in the region of the

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Biography

Collino was born in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

. Up to the age of 14, he worked under his father, Damẻ, from whom he learned wood carving. Along with his brother, Filippo Collino (ca 1737–1800), Ignazio worked in a restrained formal style, intermediate between Baroque and

Neoclassicism Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...

. He went to apprentice with the bronze sculptor François Ladotte ( Francois Ladatte) and in drawing with

Claudio Francesco Beaumont Claudio Francesco Beaumont (4 July 1694 – 21 June 1766) was an Italian painter, active in a late baroque-style mostly in the Piedmont region.

in 1744. With Ladotte, he completed a ''Saint Sebastian''. A royal subsidy provided by Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy in 1750 enabled him to go to Rome. He was there in 1754 at work with fellow-Lombard Giovanni Battista Maini, who was a trainee of

Camillo Rusconi Camillo Rusconi (14 July 1658 – 8 December 1728) was an Italian sculptor of the late Baroque in Rome. His style displays both features of Baroque and Neoclassicism. He has been described as a Carlo Maratta in marble. Biography Initially trained ...

. In Rome, he copied many antique originals, including busts of the Emperor

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, of Faustina, and of a Vestal. In 1755 he completed in Carrara Marble, the sculptural group of ''Papirus and his mother'', then a ''Niobe''. He completed the four statues, ''Justice, Strength. Beneficence and Charity''. He appointed in 1760 a member of the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

in Rome. In 1763, he was appointed sculptor of the king after sending four bas-reliefs sent to the court of Turin. In 1767, they relocated back to Turin to run the school of sculpture. He provided much sculpture for royal tombs of the House of Savoy at the Basilica of Superga, including the ''Monument for Carlo Emanuele III'' (1773). In Turin he founded a school of sculpture,

Giovanni Battista Bernero Giovanni Battista Bernero (1736–1796) was an Italian late-Baroque sculptor who worked, mainly in Piedmont, in a formalized restrained style, intermediate between baroque and Neoclassicism. He was born in Cavallerleone in Piedmont. A royal subsi ...

was one of his pupils. His brother Philip completed statues for the elegant fountain in the castle of

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: a statue of Pallas for the Royal palace of Turin and the statues of

Vittorio Amadeo II Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. He also held the titles of Prince of Piedmont, Duke of Montferrat, Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Moriana and Nice. Louis XIV ...

and

Charles Emmanuel III Charles Emmanuel III (27 April 1701 – 20 February 1773) was Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death. Biography He was born in Turin to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and his first wife the French Anne Marie d'Orléans. Hi ...

, in Carrara marble six feet tall, for the university of Turin. He also helped complete the royal tombs for the king of Sardinia, in the church of Superga, and finally the colossal statue of St. Agabus in

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

.F. Boni

External links

Web Gallery of Art biography

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Collino, Ignazio 1724 births 1793 deaths 18th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Italian Baroque sculptors 18th-century Italian male artists