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Giuseppe De Fabris

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Giuseppe De Fabris (1790 — 1860) was an Italian sculptor of the Neoclassic style.

Statue of St Peter, outside the Basilica of St Peter

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ Milano neoclassica, by Fernando Mazzocca, Alessandro Morandotti, Enrico Colle - 2001 - Page 613.
  2. ^ FMR. - Issues 13-14 (2006)- Page 48
  3. ^ Carlo Finelli (1782-1853), Barbara Musetti, Carlo Finelli - 2002; Silvana (2002)- Page 35.
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