Giuseppe De Fabris
Giuseppe De Fabris (1790 — 1860) was an Italian sculptor of the Neoclassic style.
Biography[edit]
He was born in Nove in the province of Vicenza. His father was a director of a factory of ceramic decoration.[1] He moved to Rome as a young man, and was patronized by Pope Gregory XVI.[2] He was named director of the musei pontifici.[3]
Among his major works in Rome are:
- Monuments and busts in the Sala Maggiore, Protomoteca Capitolina
- Monument to Francesco Guglielmi, church of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso
- Monument to Prassede Tomati Robilant, church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
- Monument to cardinal Francesco Fontana, church of Santi Biagio and Carlo ai Catinari
- Monument to Cardinal Placido Zurla, church of San Gregorio al Celio
- Busto di Leone XII, church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
- Monument to Antonio Maria Traversi, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
- Monument to Torquato Tasso, church of Sant'Onofrio
- Monument to Giuseppe Vitelli, church of San Rocco all'Augusteo
- Bust of Pope Leo XII, Cloister of San Cosimato
- Bust of Raphael; Self-portrait; Bust of Pope Gregory XVI, Pantheon, Congregazione dei Virtuosi
Sources[edit]
- ^ Milano neoclassica, by Fernando Mazzocca, Alessandro Morandotti, Enrico Colle - 2001 - Page 613.
- ^ FMR. - Issues 13-14 (2006)- Page 48
- ^ Carlo Finelli (1782-1853), Barbara Musetti, Carlo Finelli - 2002; Silvana (2002)- Page 35.
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