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Pietro Tacca

Carrara 1577 - Firenze/Florence 1640
Italian sculptor
(Wikipedia)

Carlo Fontana
1900

Description

Marble statue of Tacca, representing the artist with the typical cap and sculptor apron sitting on a stool with his hands tied behind his back to represent the position of the four moors cast in the bronze by Pietro Tacca for the monument ofFerdinando I de' Medici (located in front of the Medici Port of Livorno).

Inscription(s)

A
PIETRO TACCA
i concittadini
1900

Signature

C. Fontana

Sculptor

Carlo Fontana (Carrara 1865 - Sarzana 1956), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Carrara.
Turismo in Toscana, Alla scoperta di Carrara, la città dell'oro bianco.
Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?
Soprintendenza patrimonio storico, artistico ed etnoantropologico e per i beni architettonici e paesaggio per le Province di Lucca e Massa Carrara, Carrara - Statuaria pubblica e installazioni.

Locatie (N 44°4'41" - E 10°5'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto117; Photograph: 15 May 2017
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