FALCONETTO, Giovanni Maria. Studio architettonico per una Colonna di Ordine Composito. 410x197 mm. Matita e penna con inchiostro nero. Diverse scritte e numeri a matita e a penna. Tracce d’uso, buono stato di conservazione. Si tratta di un progetto destinato all’edificazione di un’importante architettura. Il disegno deve fungere da guida operativa per gli artisti che devono eseguire l’opera, come si evince chiaramente dalle note manoscritte. Al centro una lunga scritta a penna con indicazioni tecniche precise per la costruzione della colonna “ricordo per lo scalpellino di pigliare un fero per regere il fregio et cornice sopra l’architrave et ancho acio non si spelli detto architrave per il vano grande”. Sotto, a matita “Prospetto del piedistallo”. Il disegno, le cui note manoscritte suggeriscono un autore veneto, è attribuibile al Falconetto. Rileviamo che le ombreggiature sono molto simili a quelle presenti in un disegno del Falconetto, conservato nel Gabinetto delle Stampe del Museo di Dresda. L’architetto e decoratore veronese partecipò alla costruzione del Palazzo d’Arco a Mantova, la cui Facciata è scandita da un ordine composito gigante di lesene, appoggiate su un alto basamento, molto simile a quello delineato in questo foglio. A Padova, poi, Falconetto utilizzò le eleganti colonne di Ordine Composito nella magnifica Porta Savonarola, eretta nel 1530, che sembra un arco trionfale ed è citata anche dal Vasari. Inoltre, nella Basilica di Sant’Antonio partecipò inoltre alla costruzione della Cappella dell’Arca del Santo: la Facciata, tutta di finissimi marmi, è sostenuta da quattro bellissime colonne di Ordine Composito in marmo bianco di Carrara. Falconetto è accreditato sicuramente per la decorazione del soffitto della Cappella, ma appare molto verosimile che abbia avuto anche un ruolo di supervisore, considerata la sua riconosciuta importanza nel panorama artistico del tempo. Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Inventory number: C 7513 a–bCfr. Bonaventura Perissutti (O.F.M. Conv.), Notizie divote ed erudite intorno alla Vita ed all' insigne Basilica di S. Antonio di Padova, Niccolò Bettinelli, 1796, p. 32: “L’Architetto di questa Cappella […] si vuole Giovanni Maria Falconetto Veronese …”; Sarah Blake Wilk, La decorazione cinquecentesca della Cappella dell’Arca di Sant’Antonio, in Le sculture del Santo di Padova, a cura di Giovanni Lorenzoni, Vicenza, Neri Pozza 1984.
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FALCONETTO, Giovanni Maria. Architectural study for a Composite Order Column. 410x197 mm. Pencil and pen with black ink. Various writings and numbers in pencil and pen. Sign of use, good conditions. This is a project intended for the construction of an important architecture. The drawing must serve as an operational guide for the artists who have to perform the work, as can be clearly seen from the handwritten notes. In the center a long writing in pen with precise technical indications for the construction of the column “ricordo per lo scalpellino di pigliare un fero per regere il fregio et cornice sopra l’architrave et ancho acio non si spelli detto architrave per il vano grande” (I remember for the stonemason to take a iron to regulate the frieze and frame above the architrave and still do not peel said architrave for the large room). Below, in pencil “Prospetto del piedistallo” (View of the pedestal). The drawing, whose handwritten notes suggest a Venetian author, is attributable to Falconetto. We note that the shadings are very similar to those present in a drawing by the Falconetto, kept in the Prints and Drawings Department of the Dresden Museum.The Veronese architect and decorator participated in the construction of the Palazzo d’Arco in Mantua, whose facade is marked by a giant composite order of pilasters, resting on a high base, very similar to the one outlined in this sheet. In Padua, then, Falconetto used the elegant columns of the Composite Order in the magnificent Porta Savonarola, erected in 1530, which looks like a triumphal arch and is also mentioned by Vasari.In addition, in the Basilica of Sant’Antonio he also participated in the construction of the Chapel of the Ark of the Saint: the facade, all of fine marble, is supported by four beautiful Composite Order columns in white Carrara marble. Falconetto is certainly credited for the decoration of the ceiling of the Chapel, but it appears very likely that he also had a supervisor role, given his recognized importance in the artistic panorama of the time.See Bonaventura Perissutti (O.F.M. Conv.), Devoted and erudite news about the Life and the famous Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Niccolò Bettinelli, 1796, p. 32: "The architect of this chapel [...] is wanted to be Giovanni Maria Falconetto Veronese ..."; Sarah Blake Wilk, The sixteenth-century decoration of the Chapel of the Ark of Sant'Antonio, in The sculptures of the Saint of Padua, curated by Giovanni Lorenzoni, Vicenza, Neri Pozza 1984.
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