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LORENZO See also:BARTOLINI (1777-1850) , See also:Italian sculptor, was See also:born in Vernio in See also:Tuscany . After acquiring See also:great skill and reputation as a modeller in See also:alabaster, he went in 1797 to See also:Paris, where he studied See also:painting under See also:Desmarets, and afterwards See also:sculpture under F . F . Lemot . The bas-See also:relief " Cleobis and Biton," with which he gained the second See also:prize of the See also:Academy in 18os, at once established his fame as a sculptor and gained for him a number of influential patrons . He executed many See also:minor pieces for See also:Denon, besides busts of Maul and See also:Cherubini . His great See also:patron, however, was See also:Napoleon, for whom he executed a See also:colossal bust, and who sent him to See also:Carrara to found a school of sculpture . Here he remained till after the fall of Napoleon, and then took up his See also:residence in See also:Florence, where he resided till his See also:death . His See also:works are varied and include an immense number of busts . The best are, perhaps, the See also:group of Charity, the " See also:Hercules and Lichas " and the " Faith in See also:God," whsrh exemplify the highest types of See also:Bartolini's See also:style . |
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