Andrea Barbazza
Andrea Barbazza (1581/2 – 7 August 1656) was an Italian Marinist poet and literary critic.
Andrea Barbazza | |
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| Born | c. 1582 |
| Died | 7 August 1656 (aged 73–74) Bologna, Papal States |
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| Spouses | Bianca Bentivoglio
(m. 1614; died 1629)Silvia Boccaferri (m. 1648) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Pen name | Robusto Pogomega |
| Language | Italian language |
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Biography
He was born of a noble family in Bologna between 1581 and 1582. Between 1611 and 1613, Barbazza was first ‘maestro di camera’ and after ‘primo cameriere’ of cardinal Ferdinando Gonzaga.[1] After a long stay in Rome (1624-1632), he settled permanently in his native Bologna, where he occupied important legal and administrative offices.[2] He was an expert on the code of chivalry and on questions of honour.[1]
On 26 April 1614 he married Countess Bianca Bentivoglio, granddaughter of Bianca Cappello, by whom he had a son, Ferdinando.[1] In 1648, after the death of his first wife, he married Countess Silvia Boccaferri, by whom he had two sons, Filippo and Bartolomeo.[1]
Barbazza was a member of the Accademia dei Gelati of Bologna, the Accademia degli Incogniti of Venice and the Accademia degli Umoristi of Rome.[1] He was decorated with the Order of Saint Michael by Marie de' Medici in 1612.[1]
Works
Barbazza was a friend and correspondent of Claudio Achillini, Angelico Aprosio, Pietro Della Valle, Giambattista Basile and Giambattista Marino.[1] Marino stayed often with him during his stays in Bologna.[1] Barbazza defended the poetry of Marino against the attacks of Tommaso Stigliani in his Strigliate (Scoldings), published in 1629 with the jocular pseudonym of Robusto Pogomega.[3] He wrote also the pastoral dramas L'Amorosa Costanza and L'Armidoro (1646), and a number of lyrics published in contemporary anthologies.[3]
List of works
- Le Strigliate a Tommaso Stigliani del Signor Robusto Pogommega, dedicate all'Eminentiss. e Reverendiss. Sig. Cardinale Piermaria Borghese. In Spira: appresso Henrico Starckio. 1629.
- Canzone in morte della Contessa Bianca Bentivoglj. In Bologna. 1631.
- L'Amorosa Costanza fauola tragicomica boschereccia del co. Andrea Barbazzi senatore in Bologna. In Bologna: per Giacomo Monti. 1646.
- L'Armidoro, Favola Pastorale. In Bologna. 1646.
Notes
- De Blasi 1964.
- "Barbazza, Andrea". Enciclopedia on line. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
- Slawinski 2002.
Bibliography
- Mazzucchelli, Giammaria (1758). Gli Scrittori d'Italia. Vol. II, 1. Brescia. pp. 287–289.
- Albertazzi, Adolfo (1923). "Il cav. Barbazza poeta e marito". Il Secolo. XX, XXII (6): 410–414.
- De Blasi, Nicola (1964). "BARBAZZA, Andrea". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 6: Baratteri–Bartolozzi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Slawinski, M. (2002). "Barbazza, Andrea". The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-818332-7. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- Riga, Pietro Giulio (2015). "Polemiche e sodalità intorno a Marino. Le "Strigliate" di Andrea Barbazza". Studi secenteschi. LVI: 103–116.
External links
- «Andrea Barbazza Bolognese». In : Le glorie de gli Incogniti: o vero, Gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori Incogniti di Venetia, In Venetia : appresso Francesco Valuasense stampator dell'Accademia, 1647, pp. 22–25 (on-line).
- «Andrea Barbazza». In : Memorie imprese, e ritratti de' signori Accademici Gelati di Bologna, In Bologna : per li Manolessi, 1672, pp. 16-19 (on-line).