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Lot Torelli (born October 30, 1835 in Florence – 1896) was an Italian sculptor.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in 1858, due to family misfortunes, had to leave Florence for Paris. He returned the next year, enrolling as a volunteer in the war of Independence. By 1862, he returned to making sculpture. In 1865, he won a three-year stipend from the Academy.
Among his major works are: a medallion representing the future Queen, Princess Margherite, exhibited at Florence in 1871; ''Adam and Eve'', which became statues on the facade of the ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 522.
Lot Torelli (born October 30, 1835 in Florence – 1896) was an Italian sculptor.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in 1858, due to family misfortunes, had to leave Florence for Paris. He returned the next year, enrolling as a volunteer in the war of Independence. By 1862, he returned to making sculpture. In 1865, he won a three-year stipend from the Academy.
Among his major works are: a medallion representing the future Queen, Princess Margherite, exhibited at Florence in 1871; ''Adam and Eve'', which became statues on the facade of the Duomo of Florence
Florence Cathedral, formally the (; in English Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower), is the cathedral of Florence, Italy ( it, Duomo di Firenze). It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally ...
. He submitted sculptures to the 1876 Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia. Other works were completed alongside Giuseppe De Fabris include ''Il mar glaciale'', bronze bas relief and ''The Angel Messenger of Peace'' found in the urban cemetery of Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
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Torelli has completed many funereal monuments, including one commissioned by Marchesa Toscanelli for her son Giovanni, who is buried at his villa alla Chiocciola near Florence; another for signora Giulia Mari and her daughter for the cemetery of Jacopo in Terenzano. He completed portraits of the son of Mr Doggett of Chicago; the son of Mr Waldo, of New York; of the Duke Pado of Mecklenburg Schwerin; of Mrs Fiyrer of London. He has sculpted a ''Triton'' for a fountain. ''Tasso as a youth''; ''The Shameful''; ''Psiche al laccio''; ''Colomba messaggera''; ''Pescatori''; half figure of an old man titled ''Last Loves''; ''Soap Bubbles'' (a half-figure); ''La sorpresa''; ''The princess of Wales''; ''Fior di Maria''; ''Il soldatino''; ''Shakspeare'' also called ''il fattorino del Beccaio''; and ''Eve''. Torelli has won various prizes; in 1869, he won the gold medal at the Exposition for Encouragement of Fine Arts in Rome; in 1871, the Cross of Gold at the International Exhibition in London; and gold medals in Florence, Vienna, and Philadelphia. He became professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze ("academy of fine arts of Florence") is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. M ...
.by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 522.
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1835 births 1896 deaths Sculptors from Florence 19th-century Italian male artists Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian sculptors Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze {{Italy-sculptor-stub