Tamagnino
| Tamagnino | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Antonio della Porta c. 1471 Osteno |
| Died | c. 1520 Porlezza |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | High Renaissance |
Antonio della Porta, better known as Tamagnino (Osteno, c. 1471 - Porlezza, c. 1520) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance.
Tamagnino, a sculptor and decorative artist, belonging to a known family of artists of Porlezza was the son of Giacomo (1430-1481), also a sculptor, and the brother of Guglielmo and Bartolomeo (1460-1514). Hi smother was the sister of Maddalena Solari, the daughter of Guiniforte Solari, chief engineer of the Duomo of Milan. His first appearance in the historical record is in Brescia, when he is commissioned for a cycle of twelve Angels for the main dome of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Brescia. He delivered only ten, which were executed approximately at the same time as Gasparo Cairano's cycle of twelve Apostles, and paid for on December 24, 1489.
In general, all the lapidary work during the construction of the Santa Maria dei Miracoli that followed the Apostle cycle and in the interior of the building was due to Cairano and his workshop. It is assumed that the early work on the sculptural cycles was a prelude for the right to continue the work in the church, and resulted in a competition between Tamagnino and Cairano. The cycle of the Angels by Tamagnino is of higher quality than Cairano's, not only for the relative modernity of the former's style which followed the neo-classicism of the Venetian artist Antonio Rizzo, but also for the superior technical quality demonstrated. It is likely, therefore, that Cairano's capture of all subsequent lapidary work at the Santa Maria dei Miracoli stemmed from some local support, which enabled him to sideline Tamagnino. In addition to the Angels, Tamagnino also delivered three of four busts for the pendentives of the main dome, and Doctors of the Church as well as two smaller roundels for the frieze in the nave: for these five artefacts, three of which were very large, and for the twelve Angels, Tamagnino was compensated less than Cairano was for his Apostles.
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