Odoardo Fantacchiotti (20 May 181124 June 1877) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Neoclassic period.
Biography
He was born in Rome, but his family moved to
Florence. In 1820, he enrolled in the
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.
At the Academy, he studied under S. Ricci, and first started exhibiting in 1828. Gaining the patronage of the Grand Duke, he continued his studies, following the ideas of
Aristodemo Costoli
Aristodemo Costoli (1803–1871) was an Italian sculptor who spent his entire career in the city of Florence. His students included Emilio Zocchi, Girolamo Masini, Augusto Rivalta and his son Leopoldo Costoli.
Partial anthology of works
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of depicting the "bello naturale". In 1839 at the Academy, he exhibited the work of the ''Massacre of the Innocents''. In 1840 he was named professor at the Academy.
Among his public works are the statue of
Boccaccio and
Accursius for the ground floor niches of the courtyard of the
Uffizi, medallions commemorating
Francesco Redi
Francesco Redi (18 February 1626 – 1 March 1697) was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology". He was the first person to cha ...
and the bust of
Ferdinando II de' Medici for the
Museo della Specola, a statue of
Sallustio Bandini (now at the
Accademia dei Georgofili
The Accademia dei Georgofili (Academy of Georgofili) is an educational institution in Florence, Italy. It was established in 1753. The academy has been a historic institution for over 250 years, and is best known for promoting, amongst scholars a ...
, but initially planned for the loggia of the Uffizi. A marble ''Virgin and Child'' relief by Fantacchiotti at the
Victoria and Albert Museum was once mistake for a work by a Renaissance master. He died in Florence.
His son, Cesare Fantacciotti, was also a sculptor.
Bacciotti's Handbook of Florence and Its Environs
by Emilio Bacciotti (1885), page 31.
References
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1811 births
1877 deaths
19th-century Italian sculptors
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni
Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze