I Somazzi di Montagnola da Pisa alla Croazia

e activity in Croatia of the last members of the Somazzi dynasty from Montagnola, the stucco sculptor Clemente (born in 1758) and the architect Giacomo (born in 1763), is exemined con- sidering their family tradition of work. e two brothers’ training took place at rst with their father, the stucco sculptor Angelo, in Pisa and later with the uncle Stanislao in Mantova. From the last decade of the XVIIIth to the rst two decades of the XIXth century the docu- mented focal point of their activity was in Dalmatia. e region was part of the Hungarian kingdom during the Medieval age; in the rst decades of the XVth century become part of the Republic of Venice which maintained its possession until the treaty of Campoformio (18th Oc- tober 1797) when Dalmatia passed under the Imperial dominions. e presence of Lombard Lakes Artists in the region dates back at least to the last decades of the XVIIth century and their activity is well documented through the XVIIIth century. Most of them came from Venice and the Venetian land. e author outlines the di erent phases of the Somazzi brothers’ activity, linked to one ano- ther by corporate reports, from 1798 to 1814. eir ways of working were very common for Lombard Lakes Artists and testify the lasting nature of this kind of relationships. ey were required by both religious and secular patrons, o en of Venetian origin. Documents revealed many interventions in Zara (unfortunately most of them lost a er the Second World War), in the island of Arbe, native land of Giacomo’s wife, and in Segna, the town where Somazzi family lived. e two brothers proposed a Neoclassical renewal of the buildings, both archi- tectural and decorative, which succeeded in many di erent seats along the Dalmatian archi- pelago and extended to the lands around Spalato.