Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Art & architecture Artists

Bussola, Dionigi

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BUSSOLA, DIONIGI. - Lombard sculptor, d. 1687. He trained in Rome, in the Berninian and Algardian circle; from 1645 he worked for the Milan Cathedral, executing decorative works and statues: St. Maximus and St. Anastasius (in the transept); St. Andrew (1652), St. Dorothy (1674) - among the best for modeling and fineness of workmanship - Habakkuk (1679) on the facade, executed in collaboration with his son Carlo, as was the bas-relief with Cain and Abel (1666). B. also worked for the Certosa di Pavia (bas-reliefs with the Nativity of Christ [1675], and the Massacre of the Innocents [1677]). His compositions are well constructed and balanced; the statues are poorer, generally conventional and mannered.

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BIBL.: U. Nebbia, La scultura nel duomo di Milano, Milan 1908, p. 215; F. Malaguzzi Valeri, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, V, p. 295 (with bibl.).

Elsa Gerlini

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By Elsa Gerlini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 247.

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Gerlini, Elsa. “Bussola, dionigi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 247. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bussola-dionigi.

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Gerlini, Elsa. “Bussola, dionigi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 247. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bussola-dionigi.

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  author    = {Gerlini, Elsa},
  title     = {Bussola, dionigi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {247},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bussola-dionigi}
}

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