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Leardi, Geraldine (ed.): - Valadier. Splendour in Eighteenth-Century Rome.
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| Titel: | Valadier. Splendour in Eighteenth-Century Rome. |
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| Uitgever: | Officina Libraria |
| Bijzonderheid: | 2020, (22,8 x 28 cm), 376 pp. English, 307 colour & 6 b/w. ills. hardcover |
| Prijs: | € 60,00 |
| Meer info | This magnificent catalogue reproduces the stunning and yet refined artwork of Valadier. A magnificent catalogue that reproduces the stunning and yet refined artwork of Luigi Valadier, one of the great artists of the 18th century. Features the complete reproduction of the only extant album of drawings by Valadier and his workshop. Luigi Valadier, son of the French-born Andrea, obtained his silversmith license in 1760 and became one of the most celebrated artists in Europe, working for the noble families of Rome (Borghese, Odescalchi, Chigi, Orsini), cardinals and popes and a broad international clientele which included the Duke of Northumberland, Madame du Barry, the Balì of Malta, Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, the King of Sweden, Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria, the Count of the North, heir to the Russian throne, etc. His workshop situated near Piazza di Spagna employed dozens of craftsmen and produced not only silverware but also bronze statues, often copies of ancient sculptures, magnificent clocks, vases in precious marbles, lamps, huge candelabras, furniture, desers, reliquaries and liturgical vessels, and much more. In 1785 while completing commissions for the Borghese prince and working on the cast of the enormous bell of St Peter's, he committed suicide by drowning in the Tiber river, possibly due to the severe economic challenges from which his extraordinary workshop was sufferingThe catalog of the great monographic exhibition dedicated to Luigi Valadier, which follows and expands the one held at the Frick Collection in New York in 2018. |
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