Neue Forschungen zu den Florentiner Künstlern in Ungarn: Buda, Esztergom und die Bakócz-Kapelle

Carl, Doris (2022) Neue Forschungen zu den Florentiner Künstlern in Ungarn: Buda, Esztergom und die Bakócz-Kapelle. ACTA HISTORIAE ARTIUM ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 63 (1). pp. 193-272. ISSN 0001-5830

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Abstract

New research concerning Florentine Artists in Hungary at Buda, Esztergom and the Bakócz-Chapel. the hitherto unknown documents discussed here regard the time from ca. 1470 to 1504. they give us the names of Florentine artists who worked for matthias Corvinus and his successor Wladislaw ii as well as for the archbishop of esztergom and primate of hungary, tamás Bakócz. until now, only the sculptor gregorio di lorenzo, the wood carver Chimente Camicia and five carpenters who worked under his supervision in Buda were known. according to Vasari, Chimente Camicia was the lead- ing master who worked not only in wood but was also an architect and engineer who is said to have looked after Corvinus’ buildings including fountains and gardens. however, this can no longer maintained because the newly discovered docu- ments establish that gregorio di lorenzo was Corvinus capomaestro. he was in Buda between 1475 and the early 1490’s. Besides his figural works, he was also responsible for a certain hungarian decorative style that went back to giovanni di Bertino who was the brother-in-law and collaborator of his teacher, Desiderio da settignano. the recognition that a stone carver without architectural expertise could direct building projects for matthias Corvinus confirms the view that the extant gothic buildings in Buda were rather ‘modernized’ than newly created renaissance structures. the new documents also give us the names of six stone masons and sculptors so that we have a more precise picture of the Buda artistic scene. among these, were Francesco di Bartolomeo telli and his companion simone di Francesco, Filippo di pagno di lapo portigiani, martino di matteo di mario di maino, giovanni di romolo di tomaso michi and Francesco di antonio di piero. more exact informations are obtainable only for Filippo di pagno and giovanni michi. this enables the suggestion that Filippo di pagno who was trained in Bologna by his father pagno di lapo as a sculptor and architect, may have been responsible for the invention of a double tiered loggia in the Court of state in Buda in order to hide the hetero- geneous gothic buildings for a more harmonious appearance. palace courtyards with such loggia were typical of contempo- rary Bologna but not of Florentine palace architecture.

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