Luigi Pampaloni (

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, 1791–1847) was an Italian

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, active in a Neoclassical style. He studied under

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in Florence. In 1826, he completed with the collaboration of Ottavio Giovannozzi the design of the ''Fountain of the Naiads'' in

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. In 1834, he completed a bust of Maria Antonietta of Bourbon, sister of Ferdinand II of Naples, and second wife of Leopold II the Granduke of Tuscany. He sculpted a statue of her husband, Leopold II, for a piazza in San Miniato. He also sculpted statues of ''

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'' and ''

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'' for the

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, and the full-length ''

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'' statue for the Loggiato of the Uffizi.Biography from library of Viterbo

Gallery

File:Arnolfo di cambio.JPG, Arnolfo di Cambio File:Bunelleschi.jpg, Brunelleschi, gazing at his dome. File:Statue of Leonardo da Vinci (Uffizi).jpg, ''Leonardo Da Vinci'' in Loggiato of the Uffizi File:San miniato, piazza buonaparte, statua di leopoldo II di luigi pampaloni 02.JPG, Leopold II, Piazza Buonaparte, San Miniato File:Luigi_pampaloni,_bimbo_inghinocchiato_orante.jpg, ''Kneeling child at prayer'', Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Genoa-Nervi File:Palazzo Tosio nudo di putto orante Pampaloni Luigi Brescia.jpg, ''Kneeling child at prayer'' in the Palazzo Tosio,

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1791 births 1847 deaths 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub