Alvise Tagliapietra (1670–1747) was a Venetian baroque sculptor.
Tagliapietra was born inVenice in 1670 and died there in 1747.
Between 1705 and 1711, he and his studio carved several standing marble figures for the high altar of the Church ofSaint Chrysogonus inZadar.John Julius Norwich writes of the statue ofSt. Simeon: "This figure's exaggeratedcontrapposto and exotic vestments make it a memorable statue."[1] Shortly thereafter, Tagliapietra was one of several Italians commissioned to contribute sculptures to theCatherine Park atTsarskoye Selo outside ofSt. Petersburg.[2]
Another work attributed to Tagliapietra, but questioned by Norwich, is a Madonna of the Rosary in the Church ofSaint Dominic inSplit, Croatia.[3]
He worked with his sons Ambrogio (b. 1701) and Giuseppe (b. 1711) on the Church of St. George and St. Euphemia inRovinj,Istria, now inCroatia.[4]
In his native Venice, his works include the statue ofTemperance on the facade of theGesuati,[5] the baptistry and pulpit sculpted in 1732 for theChurch of San Moisè, and the baptistry of the Oratorio of St. Martin inChioggia.[6] He also produced reliefs of the Visitation (1730) and the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (1733–34) in the Chapel of the Rosary in the Basilica ofSanti Giovanni e Paolo there.[7]
