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Innocenzo Spinazzi (1726–1798) was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo period active in Rome and Florence.

Biography

Born in Rome the son of a silversmith, he became the leading sculptor in Florence, where he died. He was trained by Giovanni Battista Maini. In Rome, he completed the statue of St Joseph Calasanctius (1755) for the nave of St Peter's Basilica.

He arrived in Florence in 1769, and the next year was named official court sculptor for the Lorraine dynasty in 1770. Grand Duke Leopold (later Emperor Leopold II) first employed him to restore antique sculpture. He completed a portrait bust of the Grand Duke (1771–74; Pitti). Spinazzi contributed monuments to three celebrated Florentines for the church of Santa Croce: jurist Giovanni Lami (died 1770); Angelo Tavanti (died 1782); and author Niccolò Machiavelli (1787). In 1792 he added an angel to the Baptism by Andrea Sansovino and Vincenzo Danti above the Porta del Paradiso of the Baptistery of Florence.

His virtuoso marble figures of heavily veiled women, for example Faith (1781; Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi) and Religion (from the tomb of Varvara Jakovlevna, Princess Beloselskij, 1794; Turin, Museo Civico), follow precedents set by Antonio Corradini and Giuseppe Sanmartino in the Capella Sansevero of Naples. Spinazzi was professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, from 1784. One of pupils was Francesco Carradori. He died at Florence in 1798.

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+{{short description|Italian sculptor}}
-'''Innocenzo Spinazzi''' (1726–1798) was an [[Italy|Italian]] sculptor of the [[Rococo]] period active in [[Rome]] and [[Florence]].
+[[File:Innocenzo spinazzi, la fede, 1781, 01,1.jpg|thumb|180px|''Faith'', Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence]]
-Born in Rome to a silversmith, he became the leading sculptor in Florence, where he died. He was trained by [[Giovanni Battista Maini]]. In Rome, he completed the statue of ''St Joseph Calasanctius'' (1755) for the nave of [[St Peter's Basilica]].
+'''Innocenzo Spinazzi''' (1726–1798) was an Italian sculptor of the [[Rococo]] period active in [[Rome]] and [[Florence]].
-He arrived in Florence in 1769, and the next year was named official court sculptor in 1770. Grand Duke Leopold (later Emperor [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]]) first employed him to restore antique sculpture. He completed a portrait bust of Grand Duke Leopoldo (1771-74; Pitti). Spinazzi contributed monuments to three celebrated Florentines for the church of [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze|Santa Croce]]: jurist [[Giovanni Lami]] (died 1770); [[Angelo Tavanti]] (died 1782); and author [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] (1787). In 1792 he added an angel to the Baptism by [[Andrea Sansovino]] and [[Vincenzo Danti]] above the Porta del Paradiso of the [[Baptistery of Florence]]. His virtuoso marble figures of heavily veiled women, for example ''Faith'' (1781; S Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi) and ''Religion'' (from the tomb of Varvara Jakovlevna, Princess Beloselskij, 1794; Turin, Museo Civico), follow precedents set by [[Antonio Corradini]] in Naples. Spinazzi was professor of sculpture at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti]], Florence, from 1784.
+==Biography==
+Born in Rome the son of a silversmith, he became the leading sculptor in Florence, where he died. He was trained by [[Giovanni Battista Maini]]. In Rome, he completed the statue of ''St [[Joseph Calasanctius]]'' (1755) for the nave of [[St Peter's Basilica]].
+He arrived in Florence in 1769, and the next year was named official court sculptor for the Lorraine dynasty in 1770. Grand Duke Leopold (later Emperor [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]]) first employed him to restore antique sculpture. He completed a portrait bust of the Grand Duke (1771–74; Pitti). Spinazzi contributed monuments to three celebrated Florentines for the church of [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze|Santa Croce]]: jurist [[Giovanni Lami]] (died 1770); [[Angelo Tavanti]] (died 1782); and author [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] (1787). In 1792 he added an angel to the Baptism by [[Andrea Sansovino]] and [[Vincenzo Danti]] above the Porta del Paradiso of the [[Baptistery of Florence]].
+His virtuoso marble figures of heavily veiled women, for example ''Faith'' (1781; Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi) and ''Religion'' (from the tomb of Varvara Jakovlevna, Princess Beloselskij, 1794; Turin, Museo Civico), follow precedents set by [[Antonio Corradini]] and [[Giuseppe Sanmartino]] in  the Capella Sansevero of Naples. Spinazzi was professor of sculpture at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze|Academy of Fine Arts]], Florence, from 1784. One of pupils was [[Francesco Carradori]]. He died at Florence in 1798.
 ==Sources==
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+{{commons category|Innocenzo Spinazzi}}
-*[http://www.artnet.com/library/08/0805/T080594.asp| Grove art encyclopedia entry on Artnet]
+*[http://www.artnet.com/library/08/0805/T080594.asp  Grove art encyclopedia entry on Artnet]
-*[http://www.wga.hu/bio/s/spinazzi/biograph.html| WGA biography]
+*[http://www.wga.hu/bio/s/spinazzi/biograph.html  WGA biography]
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+[[Category:18th-century Italian sculptors]]
+[[Category:Italian male sculptors]]
+[[Category:Rococo sculptors]]
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+[[Category:18th-century Italian male artists]]
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