Gagini family

The Gagini or Gaggini were a family of architects and sculptors, originally from Bissone on Lake Lugano. This family founded Sicily's Gagini school, which floursihed until the mid-1600s.[1]

Notable members

One of the most notable members include Domenico, who founded such school. One of the earliest records of his name innolves a contract concluded in 1463, commissioning a monument in the church of the convent of San Francesco, Palermo, for Pietro Speciale.[2] His son, Antonello, is considered the most important of the Gaginis[2] and one of his works was the decorated arch in the Capella della Madonna in Trapani's Santuario dell'Annunziata.[1] He was also known for the decorations of the apse of the Palermo cathedral in 1510[2] and the statue of St. George and the Dragon with panels inside the Church of San Francesco D'Assisi.[3]

Pietro Gagini

Soprana

Domenico Gagini

Caterina

Giovanni Gagini

Caterina de Blasco

Antonello Gagini

Antonina Valena

Giandomenico s.

Antonino Gagini

Giacomo Gagini

Bonifacio Gagini

Vincenzo Gagini

Flora Gagini

Antonuzzo Gagini

Annibale Gagini

Francesco Gagini

Giuseppe Gagini

Giandomenico j.

Giuseppe Gagini

Bibliography

• Gioacchino Di Marzo, I Gagini e la scultura in Sicilia nei secoli XV e XVI, Palermo 1884

References

1. Planet, Lonely; Clark, Gregor; Bonetto, Cristian (2017). Lonely Planet Sicily. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781786577320.
2. Sturgis, Russell; Davis, Francis (2013). Sturgis' Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1901-2 Edition. New York: Dover Publications. p. 167. ISBN 9780486145921.
3. Dummett, Jeremy (2015). Palermo, City of Kings: The Heart of Sicily. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 213. ISBN 9781784530839.

External links

• opere di maestri ticinesi: Domenico Gaggini, Antonello Gaggini, etc.