Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Statue of Carrara marble, representing a warrior with one hand stretched forward, marching proudly towards the observer. The head is a crowned with three towers, standing for the fortified city of San Marino.

On the backside of the pedestal is a portrait arms of Otilia Heyroth-Wagener Duchess of Rancidello, who donated the statue o the Republic in 1876 as a symbol of freedom, with below her the coat of arms of Aquaviva castle - the thankful republic made her Duchess of Aquaviva.

Ottilia Heyroth, originally a ballerina from Berlin, but according other sources from England or the US, had married the banker Antonio Wagener, and after his death she re-married in 1869 the Italian noble Carlo Ajassa di Rombello.

Inscription(s)

octilio heyroth wagener aqvavivae dvx patric marinen nob dono dedit prid kal octobris a mdccclxxvi caietano belvzzio             coss sancte lonferninio

Signature

Artist

• Stefano Galletti (1842 - Roma 1905), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• San Marino per tutti, Museo all'Aria Aperta, in English: Statue of Liberty.
• Wikipedia, Statua della Libertà (San Marino).
• Vincenzo Belli, La Mezzatorre, la duchessa Ottilia Heyroth e lo scultore Giovanni Maltese. in: La Rassegna d'Ischia no. 3/2011 (PDF on-line).

Tags

• Town: San Marino
• Country: San Marino
• Galletti, Stefano
• Heyroth-Wagner, Ottilia
• Liberty / Freedom
• Warrior

Location (N 43°56'11" - E 12°26'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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