''Psyche Abandoned'' is an 1819 white marble sculpture by the Italian sculptor

Pietro Tenerani Pietro Tenerani (11 November 1789 – 16 December 1869) was an Italian sculptor of the Neoclassic style. Biography He was born in Torano, near Carrara. He initially trained with his maternal uncle, the sculptor Pietro Marchetti, and in 18 ...

(1789-1869). There are several replicas of the work, but the original is in the

Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...

in Florence. It is notable as one of the most famous Neoclassical Italian sculptures and one of the most notable works of Tenerani, one of the most acclaimed artists of the Italian 'purismo' style.

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