Basamenti ed Urne Sepolcrali di Ottaviano Fornari e del Car. Giov. Giacomo Schiaffenati nel Chiostro di S. Agostino
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Title
Basamenti ed Urne Sepolcrali di Ottaviano Fornari e del Car. Giov. Giacomo Schiaffenati nel Chiostro di S. Agostino
Subject
TABLE XCVI
SEPULCHRAL URNS AND STANDS OF OTTAVIANO FORNARI AND CARDINAL GIOVANNI GIACOMO SCHIAFFENATI
In the Cloister of Saint Agostino
SEPULCHRAL URNS AND STANDS OF OTTAVIANO FORNARI AND CARDINAL GIOVANNI GIACOMO SCHIAFFENATI
In the Cloister of Saint Agostino
Description
TABLE XCVI
These two existing monuments are in the cloister of the church of St. Augustine, and were made to honor the piety of loving brothers laid to rest next to each other, one to the memory of modesty and integrity of the scholarly and zealous Cardinal Giacomo Sciaffenati, the other to remember the virtues of the industrious Bishop Octavian Fornari. Each monument consists of a base, flanked by the arms of the deceased with an epigraph that recalls their main important merits. Next to it is a beautifully carved urn that contains the ashes of the illustrious departed, whose body is carved into the bass-relief and is shown lying on the cover, with his head resting on his hands, and he seems to be as gentle and quiet as one sleeping. The death of the righteous is a sweet sleep, among the continuing struggles of the underworld, and Francati flying to recommend the eternal reward of virtue in the smile of the angels.
As for me, given all the times I have paused in front of these Christian monuments, I can only highly regret the strange customs some took in creating the graces with more than moral or religious instruction. But granted that this bad technique does not invade the mind of most artists, we can say this was just a brief and illustrious fad; it is the most inferior of the monuments are here. It was made for Father Milano, who had gone to Rome, when Sixtus IV appointed him to be an attendant, and he was elected the Bishop of Parma in 1482, and the following year he was awarded the “sacred purple†with the title first of St. Cecilia and later St. Stefano of Monticello. There was a Roman Curia, who often worked with him in business activities, though few could match the affability and kindness of his ways. The aspects of his life that earned him the affection and esteem from everybody earned him no less than to perpetuate his desire that after death in 1497 he would receive Christian resignation.
These two existing monuments are in the cloister of the church of St. Augustine, and were made to honor the piety of loving brothers laid to rest next to each other, one to the memory of modesty and integrity of the scholarly and zealous Cardinal Giacomo Sciaffenati, the other to remember the virtues of the industrious Bishop Octavian Fornari. Each monument consists of a base, flanked by the arms of the deceased with an epigraph that recalls their main important merits. Next to it is a beautifully carved urn that contains the ashes of the illustrious departed, whose body is carved into the bass-relief and is shown lying on the cover, with his head resting on his hands, and he seems to be as gentle and quiet as one sleeping. The death of the righteous is a sweet sleep, among the continuing struggles of the underworld, and Francati flying to recommend the eternal reward of virtue in the smile of the angels.
As for me, given all the times I have paused in front of these Christian monuments, I can only highly regret the strange customs some took in creating the graces with more than moral or religious instruction. But granted that this bad technique does not invade the mind of most artists, we can say this was just a brief and illustrious fad; it is the most inferior of the monuments are here. It was made for Father Milano, who had gone to Rome, when Sixtus IV appointed him to be an attendant, and he was elected the Bishop of Parma in 1482, and the following year he was awarded the “sacred purple†with the title first of St. Cecilia and later St. Stefano of Monticello. There was a Roman Curia, who often worked with him in business activities, though few could match the affability and kindness of his ways. The aspects of his life that earned him the affection and esteem from everybody earned him no less than to perpetuate his desire that after death in 1497 he would receive Christian resignation.
Creator
Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi
Publisher
Presso l'Editore Proprietario
Date
15th and 16th Sculpture
Contributor
Unknown Donor
Rights
Geneseo Foundation
Relation
Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 5
Format
20 x 16
Language
Italian
Type
Print
Identifier
Italian Monuments in Rome created during the 15th and 16th Century
Coverage
Prints were made circa 1835 to 1860
Files
Citation
Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi
, “Basamenti ed Urne Sepolcrali di Ottaviano Fornari e del Car. Giov. Giacomo Schiaffenati nel Chiostro di S. Agostino,” LLB Galleries, accessed April 24, 2024, https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/items/show/328.