FILIPPO GNACCARINI | BACCHUS WITH A PANTHER

A. Crielesi, 'Filippo Gnaccarini, "Scultore Romano", Note per un Catalogo', in Strenna dei

Romanisti, Rome, 2017, p. 156

A Roman follower of Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen, Filippo Gnaccarini is a rare sculptor on the market today. His important marble group, Baccanale, was sold at Sotheby's New York on 5 May 1999 (lot 70). The present marble exemplifies Gnaccarini's neoclassical style and his interest in Bacchic subjects. It is perhaps surprising that Gnaccarini also executed numerous religious works for Roman churches, including statues in the Basilicas of San Paolo and San Giovanni in Laterano. He was further responsible for the allegorical statue of La Primavera in Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

RELATED LITERATURE

A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell'Ottocento e del Primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, p. 440