Lorenzo Bartolini

Sculptor

Birthday January 7, 1777

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Italy

DEATH DATE Jan 20, 1850 (73)

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About

Italian sculptor who combined his neoclassicism with naturalistic detail and Romanticism. He sculpted Nymph and the Scorpion.

Before Fame

He went to Paris where he studied painting under Frédéric Desmarais and sculpture under François-Frédéric Lemot.

Trivia

He is best known for his busts Charity, the Hercules and Lichas, and Faith in God.

Family Life

His parents raised him in Vernio, Italy.

Associated With

Napoleon Bonaparte was his most consistent patron.