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Giacomo Puccini

Lucca 1858 - Brussel 1924
Italian opera composer who has been called 'the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi'
(Wikipedia)

Vito Tongiani
Fonderia d'arte Tesconi (Pietrasanta)
1994

Description

Bronze statue of Puccini sitting in a chair.

Inscription(s)

GIACOMO PUCCINI

l'associazione degli industriali
il rotary club
posero nel 70° anniversario della morte
29-11-1994

Signature

VITO TONGIANI scultore 1993-1994
fonderia d'arte tesconi

Lucca - Giacomo Puccini

Sculptor

Vito Tongiani (Matteria, Fiume, 1940), Italian sculptor (Website).

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.
Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 43°50'35" - E 10°30'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto148; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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