Damián Forment
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Damián Forment (born 1480, Valencia, Spain; died 1540, Santo Domingo de la Calzada) was a Spanish architect and sculptor, considered the most important Spanish sculptor of the 16th century.[1]
Forment studied in Rome and Florence before returning to Valencia.[2] He worked there from 1500-09, and then moved to Zaragoza, where he kept his studio for the rest of his life.
Forment's earliest major work was the alabaster Gothic-Renaissance altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (1509-12), which was preserved when the 15th-century basilica was destroyed and was installed in the present 17th-century structure. He is also known for the altarpiece to the cathedral at Huesca (1520-24), done in the Mannerist style; the altar of the Poblet Monastery (1527), his first work entirely in the Renaissance style[3]; and for his last work, the Renaissance altar of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada (1537-40).
[edit] References
- ^ Britannica Online entry
- ^ Paul Lafond, "Damian Forment", The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Dec. 1909 (only 1st page available without subscription)
- ^ Biography of Damian Forment (Spanish)
