Lorenzo Nencini (January 10, 1806 – March 14, 1854) was an Italian sculptor, active in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

. Nencini was born in

, and in 1819 admitted to that city's Academy of Fine Arts. Starting in 1823, he served his apprenticeship under sculptor Stefano Ricci (1765-1837), from whom Nencini adopted Canova's classicism. In 1827, he won a prize from the Academy, and two years later he was given another prize for his bas-relief depicting ''Adam and Eve expelled from Eden''. In 1832, he executed a statue of ''

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

'', now lost, noted for its reproduction of the historical clothes and accessories. In 1837, he showed a plaster model of what was deemed "the most beautiful of his works" (Saltini, 1862, p. 35), a lounging Bacchante in the act of eating grapes; he exhibited it again at Brera in 1838 and donated it to the Academy in Milan, where it remains today. In 1837, he created the effigy of

Guido of Arezzo Guido of Arezzo ( it, Guido d'Arezzo; – after 1033) was an Italian music theorist and pedagogue of High medieval music. A Benedictine monk, he is regarded as the inventor—or by some, developer—of the modern staff notation that had a ma ...

, inventor of the musical score, for the twenty-seventh niche of the outdoor

Loggiato of the Uffizi The Loggiato is the semi-enclosed courtyard ( it, cortile) space between the two long galleries of the Uffizi Gallery located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the historic center of Florence, capital of Tuscany, Italy. Because the facade of ...

; it was inaugurated ten years later on 24 June 1847. In 1838, Nencini created the tomb of

Giovita Garavaglia Giovita Garavaglia (18 March 1790 in Pavia, Region of Lombardy – 27 April 1835 in Florence) was an Italian engraver. Biography Initially a pupil of Pietro Anderloni, whom he helped engrave the medical depictions of Antonio Scarpa, he later wo ...

for the Florentine basilica of Santissima Annunziata. He was then commissioned to decorate the porch of the church of Follonica with two bas-reliefs, as well as the gate of San Marco di Livorno, and following these prestigious commissions was commissioned in 1840-41 to execute the bust of

Evangelista Torricelli Evangelista Torricelli ( , also , ; 15 October 160825 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work o ...

and a medallion depicting

Alessandro Marsili Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

(1601-1670) for the Observatory of Galileo in Florence. In 1844, he became member of the Academy of Arts, but only in 1849 managed to be appointed to that institution as deputy sculpture teacher. On September 11, 1853, he was elected member of the Academic Council for the section of the sculptors. His work was exhibited at the London Universal Exposition of 1854. He died in Florence that year.

References

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - (2013)

RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History)
* ''Rapporto generale della Pubblica Esposizione dei prodotti naturali e industriali della Toscana, fatta in Firenze'', Florence, Italy, 1854, Allegato XXVII. * ''Historical memory of William Henry Saltini'', Florence, 1862, page 35. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nencini, Lorenzo 1806 births 1854 deaths 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze 19th-century Italian male artists