Giacomo Gagini Explained

Birth Date:	15 December 1517
Birth Place:	Palermo, Italy
Occupation:	Sculptor
Father:	Antonello Gagini
Family:	Gagini family

Giacomo Gagini (also Gaggini, 15 December 1517 – 25 June 1598) was an Italian sculptor of the Gagini family.

Biography

Born on 15 December 1517, in Palermo, he was the son of the sculptor Antonello Gagini, and the brother of Fazio and Vincenzo, and half-brother of Giovanni Domenico and Antonino Gagini, all sculptors.

He started to collaborate with his father at an early age, including the work at the Palermo Cathedral. In 1536, he sculpted two statues for the church of San Francesco di Paola and, in 1537, the Omodei tomb in the church of San Francesco d'Assisi. In 1544, also in the Palermo Cathedral, he sculpted the archbishop's throne, together with his brother Fazio and others. He also produced numerous works in the province of Palermo (Trapani, Alcamo, Sinagra, Naro, Pettineo).

His autographed and documented works can be found in Palermo, Ciminna, Polizzi Generosa, Caltabellotta, Naro, Sciacca, Castiglione di Sicilia, Randazzo, Calascibetta, Galati Mamertino, Longi, Messina, Mistretta, Montalbano Elicona, Roccella Valdemone, Sinagra, Tortorici, Alcamo, Erice, Marsala, and Trapani.

Works

Agrigento and province

Caltabellotta

1535, St. Benedict and Our Lady of Consolation, marble statues, in collaboration with Father Antonello Gagini works from the church of St. Benedict, commissioned by the Confraternity of St. Benedict and since 1783 kept in the church of St. Mary of Valverde.^[1]
1591, Madonna of the Chain, marble statue, attribution of work kept in the cathedral basilica of Maria Santissima Assunta.

Naro

1534 - 1536 - 1543, Madonna of the Chain, marble statue, made in collaboration with his father Antonello Gagini, from the ancient Norman cathedral and currently housed in the cathedral of Maria Santissima Annunziata.
1534 - 1536 - 1543, Arch, marble artifact for the custody of the Madonna of the Chain with the depiction of St. Agatha with seraphim, the Trinity, a work in collaboration with his father Antonello Gagini documented in the old Norman cathedral.

Sources

Book: Spiriti, Andrea . I Gaggini. Una stirpe di artisti bissonesi. Giorgio Mollisi. Bissone terra di artisti. Ticino Management . December 2008. 42.

Notes and References

Web site: Sangiuliani di Gualdana . Cavagna . 1880 . I Gagini e la scultura in Sicilia nei secoli XV e XVI; memorie storiche e documenti . https://archive.org/details/igaginielascultu01dima . January 14, 2013 . March 23, 2024 . Palermo: Tipografia del Giornale di Sicilia.