The Columbarium (from the Latin columbarium) and 'a type of funerary building divided into horizontal niches, each of which is suitable for housing a coffin. In archeology for Columbarium means a type of burial chamber consisting of niches in which were kept the urns with the ashes of the dead. The name derives from the fact that the niches were cut into the wall with front opening, reminiscent of buildings for housing and breeding of pigeons.
Tomb Cocchi, post 1868
Artist
Carlo Monari (Sculptor)
The tomb of Aeneas Cocchi, placed in the center of the gallery with three naves, it is the central perspective, in line with the monument Bolognini Cupids, located in the central. E 'consists of the portrait of the young deceased represented in the round, sitting on a chair in a natural pose.
In the basement are the portraits of father and mother. The inscription commemorates " Enea Cocchi, young man of generous heart, woke up wit, hope and joy of his family, kidnapped eighteen July 1, 1867."
The statue is dated to 1868, when Federico Cocchi purchased a tomb for his son along the tunnel wall tangent the cloister VII. The effective location in the middle of the room is really a last resort. In 1885 the need to open a connection to the newly built Courtyard VII ordered the demolition of the portion of the perimeter wall along which the monument Cocchi was previously located. The spontaneity of the pose of the portrait, captured in a natural attitude, and the wealth of descriptive detail make this monument one of the best evidence of the still young Carlo Monari. His next production will tend to Charterhouse for an ever greater realism.
