The great sculptor Ercole Ferrata (Pellio Intelvi, 1610-Roma, 1686) left many great Baroque art works in Rome and through Europe, but few evidences of his activity in his homeland, where he arranged different money donations for religious buildings of Pellio Inferiore, especially the oratory of the Madonna del Garello. In the paper the master’s legacy, consisting of eight wooden statues and his portrait, since 1966 displayed in the Museo Diocesano of Scaria Intelvi, is reconsiderd on the basis of new documentary evidences. In the second part of the essay an Immaculate statue from the parish church of San Giovanni in Bellagio is attributed to the artist.
Lasciti e presenze di Ercole Ferrata in territorio lariano. Novità e consierazioni
Laura Facchin
2017-01-01
Abstract
The great sculptor Ercole Ferrata (Pellio Intelvi, 1610-Roma, 1686) left many great Baroque art works in Rome and through Europe, but few evidences of his activity in his homeland, where he arranged different money donations for religious buildings of Pellio Inferiore, especially the oratory of the Madonna del Garello. In the paper the master’s legacy, consisting of eight wooden statues and his portrait, since 1966 displayed in the Museo Diocesano of Scaria Intelvi, is reconsiderd on the basis of new documentary evidences. In the second part of the essay an Immaculate statue from the parish church of San Giovanni in Bellagio is attributed to the artist.
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