Funerary monument to Giuliano Cybo (detail)
by CORTE, Niccolò da, Marble, 86 x 121 cm
In 1530 Giovanni Giacomo della Porta transferred his studio to Genoa, where, from 1532, he collaborated with Niccolò da Corte. The partnership was formalized in 1534, when Giovanni Giacomo, his son Guglielmo and da Corte set up a studio together, and it continued until 1537 when da Corte went to Spain and Guglielmo presumably went to Rome. The most important commissions undertaken by this partnership were the baldacchino in the chapel of San Giovanni Battista (1530-32) and the funerary monument to Giuliano Cybo, Bishop of Agrigento (both Genoa Cathedral).
On the Cybo monument, the relief with Fortitude and Justice can be attributed to Niccolò, and he collaborated also in other parts of the monument.
The picture shows the relief representing Fortitude and Justice.