Monumento a Bartolomeo Colleoni - Venecia, Italia
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N 45° 26.361 E 012° 20.484
33T E 292070 N 5035197
La estatua ecuestre de Bartolomeo Colleoni es una escultura renacentista ubicada en Venecia.
Waymark Code: WM1844D
Location: Veneto, Italy
Date Posted: 05/26/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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En 1475 el condottiero (comandante) Bartolomeo Colleoni, ex capitán general de la República de Venecia, murió y por su voluntad dejó una parte sustancial de su patrimonio a la República con la condición de que se construyera una estatua de sí mismo en la Piazza San Marco. En 1479 la República anunció que iba a aceptar la herencia, aunque (como las estatuas no estaban permitidas en la Piazza) la estatua se colocaría en el espacio abierto delante de la Scuola de San Marcos. Un concurso fue dispuesto para seleccionar a un escultor. Tres escultores compitieron por el contrato: Verrocchio de Florencia, Alessandro Leopardi de Venecia y Bartolomeo Vellano de Padua. Verrocchio hizo un modelo de cera de su escultura propuesta, mientras que los demás hicieron modelos de madera y de cuero negro y arcilla. Los tres modelos fueron exhibidos en Venecia en 1483 y el contrato fue finalmente otorgado a Verrocchio, quien abrió un taller en Venecia e hizo el modelo de arcilla, que dejó listo para ser fundida en bronce, antes de su fallecimiento en 1488. A pesar de los deseos del propio Verrocchio, que había pedido que su alumno Lorenzo di Credi, que estaba entonces a cargo de su taller en Florencia, continuase su trabajo, el Senado veneciano eligió para dicha tarea al escultor Alessandro Leopardi. La estatua fue finalmente erigida sobre un pedestal en el campo de San Giovanni e Paolo de Venecia, donde se encuentra en la actualidad, y presentada al público en 1506.

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In 1475 the condottiero (commander) Bartolomeo Colleoni, former captain-general of the Republic of Venice, died and by his will left a substantial part of his patrimony to the Republic on the condition that a statue of himself be built in Piazza San Frame. In 1479 the Republic announced that it would accept the inheritance, although (as statues were not allowed in the Piazza) the statue would be placed in the open space in front of the Scuola di San Marco. A contest was arranged to select a sculptor. Three sculptors competed for the contract: Verrocchio from Florence, Alessandro Leopardi from Venice, and Bartolomeo Vellano from Padua. Verrocchio made a wax model of his proposed sculpture, while the others made wooden and black leather and clay models. The three models were exhibited in Venice in 1483 and the contract was eventually awarded to Verrocchio, who opened a workshop in Venice and made the clay model, which he left ready to be cast in bronze, before his death in 1488. Despite The wishes of Verrocchio himself, who had asked his student Lorenzo di Credi, who was then in charge of his workshop in Florence, to continue his work, the Venetian Senate chose the sculptor Alessandro Leopardi for this task.1 The statue was finally erected on a pedestal in the field of San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, where it stands today, and presented to the public in 1506.

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Date of origin:: 1480

Architect(s): Andrea del Verrocchio

Style: Renaissance (ca. 1400–1500)

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Type of building (structure): Other...

Address:
30100 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italia


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