Giovanni di Jacopo Corsi
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| Giovanni Corsi | |
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| Giovanni di Jacopo Corsi | |
 Bust of Giovanni di Jacopo by Giovanni Caccini | |
| Born | 19 July 1519 Firenze, Italy. |
| Died | 7 January 1571 (aged 51) Firenze, Italy. |
| Spouses | Countess Alessandra Della Gherardesca |
| Issue | Jacopo Corsi (b. 1561) Giulio Corsi (b. 1562) Marquis Bardo Corsi, First of Caiazzo (b. 1566) |
| House | Corsi |
| Father | Jacopo di Simone |
| Mother | Mona Lena Girolami |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Occupation | Merchant |
Giovanni di Jacopo Corsi (Florence, 19 July 1519 – Florence, 7 January 1571) was a noble Italian merchant from the house corsi, father of Jacopo Corsi and the Marquis Bardo Corsi, first of Caiazzo. He was the main responsible for the development of Villa Corsi in Sesto and many other property acquisitions.[1][2]
Life[]
Born in Florence on 19 July 1519, he was the son of Jacopo di Simone and Mona Lena Girolami. He was not an influential man in the arts or in political life, but he was one of the wealthiest merchants in Palermo. His brother Francesco and his father, who was an ambassador for the Medici, were executed in the city of Pisa in 1529, while performing diplomatic missions. Giovanni was only ten years old when it happened and the loss of the patriarch destabilized the family at the time.[1]
After the incident, the union of the remaining brothers was essential and avoided the family bankruptcy. Simone, who was 21 at the time, Bardo, 16, and Antonio, 14, were the main providers and ended up educating Giovanni and the other younger brothers.[1]
Following in the footsteps of his brother Bardo, who traveled his mercantile career in the cities of Messina and Naples, Giovanni worked for many years in the city of Palermo, being invited to return to Florence only in 1556, when his brother Simone was elected Senator of the city.[1]
Simone's conquest completely changed Giovanni's life. Simone arranged a wedding for Lisabetta, his sister, with the Family Capponi, and did the same with Giovanni, marrying him to the daughter of the Count of Donoratico, Alessandra Della Gherardesca, on 12 November of 1665.[1][2]
After this social uplift provided by marriage to a Countess, Giovanni focuses, between the years 1564 and 1569, on the purchase and development of properties, including the Villa Corsi in Sesto, one of his main landmarks, for which he became known in the Florentine society, moving from his provisional home, the Palazzo Fossi, which belonged to his father and at that time belonged to Brother Simone.[1][2]
Years later, the growth of the Corsi family has been constant and unstoppable. In 1572, the Corsi brothers, taking advantage of the restructuring of the Church of Santa Croce in Firenze, established in it a tomb and chapel dedicated to their family for 1,200 ducats.[1]
Giovanni's sons, Jacopo Corsi (b. 1561), named after his father, Giulio (b. 1562) and Bardo Corsi (b. 1566), named after his merchant brother from the cities of Naples and Messina, received an excellent education, which provided, even more, the growth of the family. In addition to mercantile knowledge, taught by their father, the boys had a private tutor, Francesco Olmi, in charge of teaching them the customs of the high society in Firenze, something that their father could not really appreciate. They also had music lessons with the experienced and madrigalist Luca Bati, who taught them to sing, play piano, and music theory. These teachings were the trigger for the cultural refinement of the family, especially to the arts, which would be passed on for generations.[1][2]
Bibliography[]
- Brenda Preyer, "The Corsi-Horne building: from HP Horne's restoration diary", Rome, Polygraphic Institute and State Mint, 1993;
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h CARTER, Tim. Music, Patronage and Printing in Late Renaissance Florence 2000, Ashgate, The University of Chicago Press em nome de Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance, 294 páginas, ISBN 9780860788171
- ^ a b c d PEGAZZANO, Donatella. Committenza e collezionismo nel Cinquecento La famiglia Corsi a Firenze tra musica e scultura 2010, Rivista Edifir Edizioni Firenze s.r.l., Le Voci del Museo nº. 22, Collana di Museologia e Museografia, 80 páginas, ISBN 978-88-7970-451-9
- House of Corsi