Andrea Alessi
Venetian Dalmatian architect and sculptor (c.1425-1505)
Andrea Alessi (Albanian: Andrea Nikollë Aleksi, Croatian: Andrija Aleši, c. 1425 – 1504/05) was a Venetian architect and sculptor considered one of the most distinguished artists of Venetian Dalmatia.
Life
Andrea Alessi was born around 1425 in the city of Durazzo in the area ruled and influenced by Venetians (modern day Durrës, Albania). There are questions that he may be of Albanian, rather than Italian, birth. Other sources say he was of Italian origin. He moved to the city of Split in Dalmatia during the Republic of Venice, where he studied under sculptor Mark Troja. He lived most of his life and conducted much of his work in Dalmatia, working in Split, Šibenik, Zadar, Rab, Trogir, Ancona, and the Tremiti Islands.
He died in Split in either 1504 or 1505 and was buried Durrës.
Career
Alessi was a disciple of Giorgio da Sebenico, and his best-known work is with Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino on the expansion of the Chapel of St. John of Trogir located in Trogir that began in 1468. Just like Šibenik Cathedral of Saint James in Dalmatia, the Chapel of was composed out of large stone blocks with extreme precision.
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