Giuseppe De Fabris Explained

Giuseppe De Fabris (1790 — 1860) was an Italian sculptor of the Neoclassic style.

Biography

He was born in Nove in the province of Vicenza. His father was a director of a factory of ceramic decoration.^[1] He moved to Rome as a young man, and was patronized by Pope Gregory XVI.^[2] He was named director of the musei pontifici.^[3]

Among his major works in Rome are:

• Monuments and busts in the Sala Maggiore, Protomoteca Capitolina
• Monument to Francesco Guglielmi, church of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso
• Monument to Prassede Tomati Robilant, church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
• Monument to cardinal Francesco Fontana, church of Santi Biagio and Carlo ai Catinari
• Monument to Cardinal Placido Zurla, church of San Gregorio al Celio
• Busto di Leone XII, church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
• Monument to Antonio Maria Traversi, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
• Monument to Torquato Tasso, church of Sant'Onofrio
• Monument to Giuseppe Vitelli, church of San Rocco all'Augusteo
• Bust of Pope Leo XII, Cloister of San Cosimato
• Bust of Raphael; Self-portrait; Bust of Pope Gregory XVI, Pantheon, Congregazione dei Virtuosi

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YOfpAAAAMAAJ Milano neoclassica
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eEsMAQAAMAAJ FMR
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=H-ZOAAAAYAAJ Carlo Finelli (1782-1853)