Giuseppe De Fabris

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

Statue of St Peter, outside the Basilica of St Peter

Biography

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
  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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