Odoardo Fantacchiotti

Alfonso Panzetta, Dizionario degli Scultori italiani, vol. I, Adarte, 2003, p. 362

Overall in good condition with good presentation. Light staining in places consistent with natural veining and stone, usual dirt that can be removed after cleaning. Three small areas of filling to upper left arm, now lightly discolored and with a darker brown-yellowish color. The fillers are no larger than 1/4" square. No breaks or restoration throughout the composition. The marble top with the usual scratches and minor chips to edges consistent with moving the piece.
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A pupil of Costoli and Ricci at the Florentine Academy, Fantacchiotti was known for sculpting his figures with expressions of longing and nostalgia. He employed this Romantic style in many of his works, including his figure of Eve (see Panzetta, p. 707, pl. 708) which is in the Galleria D'Arte Moderno di Palazzo Pitti in Florence. With her beautiful face reminiscent of the Romantic period and her head inclined toward the snake, Eve bears a considerable stylistic resemblance to the present model.

 

In 1843, Fantacchiotti created a figure of Boccaccio and began to concentrate solely on memorial sculpture. His niche figure of Francesco Accursio, for example, is in the Portico degli Uffizi, and his impressive marble "Susanna" in Florence's Galleria d'Arte Moderna is an outstanding neo-classical composition of this kind as well.