New Publication by Warburg Honorary Fellow Jennifer Montagu on Baroque Sculptor Maini
The Warburg Institute is pleased to share the publication of Giovanni Battista Maini (1690–1752) and Roman Sculpture of His Time, a major new monograph by Jennifer Montagu, renowned art historian and Honorary Fellow of the Warburg Institute.
Maini is one of the most important and accomplished, although least known and appreciated of late Baroque sculptors. This new monograph will provide an authoritative, scholarly and beautifully illustrated survey of all his principal commissions. Maini was born in Lombardy and had moved to Rome by 1710. His prestigious projects in the city included the funerary monument for Pope Innocent X in Sant’Agnese in Agone and the two majestic tombs in the family chapel of Pope Clement XII in San Giovanni in Laterano. Maini also worked in Santa Maria Maggiore and was involved in the design for the iconic Fontana di Trevi. These works are set in the context of the Roman art scene: the struggle for commissions, payment and reputation.
Jennifer Montagu, former Curator of the Photographic Collection at the Warburg, is internationally recognised for her scholarship on Roman Baroque sculpture. Her monograph on Alessandro Algardi was published in 1985 to great acclaim. This new publication shines a long-overdue spotlight on a key figure of the eighteenth century.
Giovanni Battista Maini (1690–1752) and Roman Sculpture of His Time is published by Burlington Press, an imprint of The Burlington Magazine.
