Aggiunte ad Aniello Greco, marmoraro napoletano del Settecento

• Autores: Christian de Letteriis
• Localización: Confronto: studi e ricerche di storia dell'arte europea, ISSN 1721-6745, Nº. 6, 2023, págs. 93-108
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • This essay, based on unpublished archival sources, clarifies particular moments in the career of Aniello Greco, a marble worker active in Naples between 1748 and 1760. The docuemted marbles underscore the increasingly significant role of this Neapolitan craftsman in the artistic geography of mid-18th-century Capitanata, owing to the broad approval they must have garnered. They further strengthen the hypothesis that the master regularly collaborated with other workers in the industry, especially on particularly challenging ventures. Beginning in October 1748 he collaborated with Antonio di Lucca on the extensive decorative project of the Chapel of the Patron Saints in the Cathedral of Troia, bringing a troubled endeavor to its conclusion. Thanks to the positive evaluation of these interventions, two years later, Greco received a request for an altar from nearby Foggia, a city belonging to the same diocese