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Maria Luisa di Borbone-Spagna

Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca

1782 - 1824
Spanish infanta; duchess of the newly created Duchy of Lucca, 1815-1824
(Wikipedia)

Lorenzo Bartolini
1843

Description

Marble statue of the Duchess with a lily-staff and a scroll, accompanied by a genius. The celebratory panels that decorated the pedestal are currently preserved in the Palazzo Mansi National Museum

Inscription(s)

a maria luisa borbonia
che di acqua salubre
lucca volle consolata
il comune
questo monumento
eresse
a serbare sempre viva nei futuri
l'autriche
del prezioso beneficio
mdcccxxxxiii

Lucca - Maria Luisa di Borbone-Spagna

Sculptor

Lorenzo Bartolini (Vernio 1777 - Firenze/Florence 1850), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Soprintendenza patrimonio storico, artistico ed etnoantropologico e per i beni architettonici e paesaggio per le Province di Lucca e Massa Carrara, Lucca - Statuaria pubblica.

Locatie (N 43°50'29" - E 10°30'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto138; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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