Antonio Corradini. Antonio Corradini was an Italian Rococo sculptor.
He is best known for his illusory veiled depictions of women where the contours of their face and body beneath the veil are discernible. Born in Venice, Corradini spent much of his career as a migrant artist traveling to locations across Europe including Dresden, Prague, and Saint Petersburg to complete commissions.
He spent over a decade in Vienna where he was court sculptor for Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. After a brief stint in Rome, he died in Naples.
Much of the information on Corradini's early life is contradictory, including his date of birth. According to recent scholarship, he was the son of Gerolamo Corradini, a professional veler, and his wife Barbara, and born in the parish of SS. Vito and Modesto.
His family was modest. Corradini was apprenticed to the sculptor Antonio Tarsia, for whom he worked probably for four or five years starting at the age of fourteen or fifteen. He later became Tarsia's son-in-law. Corradini seems to have come into his own as a sculptor around 1709. That year he was employed on work for the façade of the church of San Stae in Venice. Two years later, in 1711, he was recorded as having been enrolled in the Arte dei Tagliapietra as one of the sculptors. By 1713 he had finally set up his own workshop and was working on the state of St. Anastasia in Zara for the church of San Donato. Corradin
He is best known for his illusory veiled depictions of women where the contours of their face and body beneath the veil are discernible. Born in Venice, Corradini spent much of his career as a migrant artist traveling to locations across Europe including Dresden, Prague, and Saint Petersburg to complete commissions.
He spent over a decade in Vienna where he was court sculptor for Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. After a brief stint in Rome, he died in Naples.
Much of the information on Corradini's early life is contradictory, including his date of birth. According to recent scholarship, he was the son of Gerolamo Corradini, a professional veler, and his wife Barbara, and born in the parish of SS. Vito and Modesto.
His family was modest. Corradini was apprenticed to the sculptor Antonio Tarsia, for whom he worked probably for four or five years starting at the age of fourteen or fifteen. He later became Tarsia's son-in-law. Corradini seems to have come into his own as a sculptor around 1709. That year he was employed on work for the façade of the church of San Stae in Venice. Two years later, in 1711, he was recorded as having been enrolled in the Arte dei Tagliapietra as one of the sculptors. By 1713 he had finally set up his own workshop and was working on the state of St. Anastasia in Zara for the church of San Donato. Corradin
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