PIETRO BAZZANTI | NUDE BATHER ON A ROCK

In 1822 Pietro Bazzanti took over the studio opened in 1815 by Luigi Bozzolini, the last descendant of a family of sculptors-decorators who had worked for the princes Corsini since 1600. He was a central figure in the production of Florentine sculpture at the end of the 19th century and specialized in allegorical and genre subjects as well as copies of antique and Renaissance sculpture. A a follower of the Neoclassical sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, Pietro later became a proponent of the Realist style. He was regarded as one of the most talented sculptors of his day; his studio in Florence became a center for other important sculptors, some of whose works are inscribed Galleria Bazzanti. The Bazzanti Marble Studio took part in the National Exposition of 1861 in Florence and was awarded the medal for the sculpture category.