Adamo Tadolini (21 December 1788 – 16 February 1863) was an Italian sculptor. One of a family of sculptors, he studied in Rome with the neo-classical sculptor

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the c ...

and is linked to him in style.

Life

Adamo was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

into a family of sculptors, descending from his grandfather

Petronio Tadolini Petronio may refer to: People: *Petronio Álvarez Quintero (1920–1966), the author of a currulao known as ''Mi Buenaventura'' *Petronio Franceschini (1650–1680), Baroque music composer from Bologna *Petrônio Gontijo (born 1968), Brazilian acto ...

(1727–1813). From 1808 to 1813 he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in

under the directorship of

Giacomo De Maria Giacomo De Maria (1762–1838) was an Italian sculptor, active in Bologna. Biography He was a pupil of Domenico Piò. Among his works are:Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the c ...

and was invited to work in his studio. He worked there until 1822 when Canova helped him set up his own studio at Via Del Babuino 150 in Rome which now exists as the Canova-Tadolini Museum and is a treasury of his, and his family's, huge range of work. His sons

Scipione Tadolini Scipione Tadolini (1822–1893) was an Italian sculptor operating in the second half of the 19th century. Life He was the son of sculptor Adamo Tadolino (1788-1868), one of Antonio Canova's main assistants. He was the brother of the sculptor ...

(1822–1892) and

Tito Tadolini Tito may refer to: People Mononyms *Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), commonly known mononymously as Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman * Roberto Arias (1918–1989), aka Tito, Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat, and journa ...

(1828–1910) worked with him and Scipione took ownership of the studio on Adamo's death. The studio later passed to Giulio Tadolini (1849–1918) and finally

Enrico Tadolini Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry ( English), Henri (French), E ...

(1888–1967).

Principal works

*Venus and Cupid (1816) *Bust of

Clotilde Tambroni Clotilde Tambroni (29 June 1758 – 2 June 1817), was an Italian philologist, linguist and poet. She was a professor in the Greek language at the University of Bologna in 1793–1798, and a professor in Greek and literature in 1800–1808.G. Melz ...

on her grave in the Certosa of Bologna (1818) *Marble statue of Ganymede and the Eagle at

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(1823) *Marble memorial to Monsignor

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in the Church of S. Croce e Bonaventura dei Lucchesi in Rome (1826) *The "Bacchante Room" in the Galleria Borghese *The Rape of Ganymede in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg *Marble copy of Canova's statue of Pauline Borghese. *Statue of

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in the Basilica of

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(1830) *Marble Statue of

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

St. Peter's Square at the Vatican (1838) (probably the most public of his works) *Marble monument to Palmira Pulieri Petracchi and Enrico Pulieri in the church of Santissime Stimmate di San Francesco in Rome (1844) *Statue of King David in Piazza Mignanelli in Rome *Statue of

St. Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine, SJ ( it, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 3 ...

in the Church of the Gesu, Rome *Statue of St. Frances de Sales in

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, in the Vatican, Rome (1849) (commissioned by

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) *Bronze equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar, liberator, in the Plaza Bolívar,

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(1850s). (and the replica in the Plaza Bolívar,

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) *Bust of Cardinal Alessandro Lante Montefeltro della Rovere in

Bologna Cathedral Bologna Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro, ''Cattedrale di Bologna''), dedicated to Saint Peter, is the cathedral of Bologna in Italy, and the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Bologna. Most of the pres ...

(1858) *Sculpture dated 1842 at the Sardhana/Sirdhanah church/ Basilica of Our Lady of Graces, Sardhana India (22 km from Meerut), memorial/tomb of Joanna Nobilis Sombre/

Begum Samru Joanna Nobilis Sombre (– 27 January 1836), popularly known as Begum Samru (née Farzana Zeb un-Nissa),. a convert Catholic Christian started her career as a nautch (dancing) girl in 18th century India, and eventually became the ruler of Sard ...

, wife of

Walter Reinhardt Sombre Walter Reinhardt Sombre (born Walter Reinhardt or Reinert; ) was a European adventurer and mercenary in India from the 1760s. Early life Sombre is thought to have been born in Strasbourg or Treves. His birthplace and nationality, being given in ...

. Sculpture established by

David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre (18 December 1808 – 1 July 1851), also known as D. O. Dyce Sombre and David Dyce Sombre, was an Anglo-Indian held to be the first person of Asian descent to be elected to the British Parliament. He was elected to ...

References

* Giulio Tadolino (Ed.)
''Ricordi autobiografici di Adamo Tadolini scultore''
Rome 1900 . *Memorial at Sirdhanah/Sardhana http://www.navrangindia.in/2022/08/brgum-samprus-impressive-memorial-at.html

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tadolini, Adamo 1788 births 1863 deaths 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Artists from Rome 19th-century Italian male artists