Scipione Tadolini

Overal the condition is excellent and ready to install. There are some very minor chips to the edges of the drapery at the back.
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The Tadolini family occupies a fascinating position in the history of Roman sculpture. Four generations of the family of stone carvers lived and worked in the same studio for some 150 years. Scipione Tadolini was the eldest son of Adamo, the celebrated assistant to Antonio Canova. Moving away from a strict classicism, Scipione imbues classical subject matter with the Romantic spirit. Scipione was overwhelmed with commissions, including a marble for the church of Gonfalone in Rome, an equestrian statue of Bolivar for Lima and the very important bust of King Vittorio Emanuele I. The present marble, with its contraposto pose, recalls antique depictions of idealised youths, such as the Belvedere Antinous. However, Scipione's Adonis, with his wavy hair, is a more romantic figure and successfully evokes the pastoral through the inclusion of the hare.

RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori italiani, vol. 2, Turin, 2003, p. 900-1