Ippolito Scalza (153222 December 1617) was a sculptor and architect of the

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, active in his native

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as well as

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and other towns in

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Biography and works

Pieta Madonna Jesus St Mary Magdalene Nicodemus

Ippolito was born in Orvieto to a family of moderate resources; his father was likely a mason in the ''Fabbrica'' (construction works) of the Duomo of this town. Three of his siblings, Francesco, Alessandro, and Lodovico, gained training as mosaicists, sculptors, and minor architects. Of Ippolito, the first we see documented of his work is the 1554 completion of cornice molding of a chapel in the cathedral. In 1556, he completed a statue of a ''St Sebastian'' for the cathedral. This apparently allowed him to apprentice in the studio of Michelangelo Buonaroti. In 1567, he succeeded

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as architect for the Fabbrica del Duomo. He next sculpted, all for the Duomo, the statue of ''St Thomas Apostle'' and, from a single piece of

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, the ''Group of the Pieta'' (1570–1579) located in the Cappella della Madonna di San Brizio. In addition to his many works in the cathedral the following years, he designed various buildings including:

Orvieto

* Restoration of Palazzo Soliano (1564–70) * Palazzo Clementini (1567) * Completion of Palazzo Monaldeschi (1570–4) * Refurbishments of Palazzo del Governatore (1571–98) *

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(1574) * Convent of San Francesco (now part of the civic library Luigi Fumi) (1580) * Palazzo Saracinelli (1580) * Work inside and of the structure of the Chiesa dell’ Annunziata(1585–97) * Completion of Palazzo Crispo Marsciano (ca. 1586) * Water stoup, church of

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(1588) * Palazzo Simoncelli (13th century, restored 16th century) * Palazzo Carvajal (16th century) * Restructuring of

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(17th century)

Outside of Orvieto

Monument to Baldo Farrattini, Duomo of Amelia (1561–4) * Palazzo Scotti,

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(1567) * Santa Maria della Consolazione, Todi (1508–1609) * Tempio del Santissimo Crocifisso, Todi (1589–1606) * Portal of Palazzo Cesi, Todi (ca. 1600) Soon after his death, the commune commissioned a plaque to celebrate his works.Geva, Gruppo della Pieta, page 15.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scalza Ippolito 1532 births 1617 deaths People from Orvieto 16th-century Italian sculptors 17th-century Italian sculptors 16th-century Italian architects Italian male sculptors Italian Renaissance sculptors