Pio Fedi

Pio Fedi (1815-1892) was an Italian sculptor, active in a Romantic style.^[1]

Rape of Polyxena

Monument of General Manfredo Fanti

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Best known for his sculpture of the Rape of Polyxena or Pyrrhus and Polyxena (unveiled 1866) in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy. Fedi had a studio in 89 Via de Serragli. He also completed statues of Niccola Pisano and of the great scientist, Cisalpine, for the Portico degli Uffizi. He also completed a sculptural group of the Fury of Atamante, King of Thebes, The Genius of fishing, Hope nourishing Love, Hyppolite and Dianora del Bardi, Castalla persecuted by Apollon.^[2] He designed the statue of General Manfredo Fanti, moulded in bronze by Papi, standing in Piazza San Marco.^[3]

One of his pupils was Giovanni Bastianini.

References [edit]

^ Outlines of the history of art, Volume 2. By Wilhelm Lübke, edited by William Sturgis, Dodd, Mead, and company, New York, page 445 [1]
^ Bacciotti's Handbook of Florence and its environs, or, The stranger ..., by Emilio Bacciotti, Tipografia Mariana, page 29. [2]
^ Bacciotti, page 103

[1] Outlines of the history of art, Volume 2. By Wilhelm Lübke, edited by William Sturgis, Dodd, Mead, and company, New York, page 445 [1]

[2] Bacciotti's Handbook of Florence and its environs, or, The stranger ..., by Emilio Bacciotti, Tipografia Mariana, page 29. [2]

[3] Bacciotti, page 103

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Name	Fedi, Pio
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Short description	Italian sculptor
Date of birth	1815
Place of birth
Date of death	1892
Place of death

Pio Fedi

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