Ivan Petrovich Vitali (; 1794–1855) was a Russian sculptor of
Italian descent. Born in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
, he was apprenticed to his father, Pietro Vitali, from an early age. After attending the
Imperial Academy of Arts he moved to
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
in 1818. His major works include a six-horse chariot for
Bove's
Triumphal Arch
A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, and usually standing alone, unconnected to other buildings. In its simplest form, a triumphal ...
, a fountain in front of the
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r, t=Grand Theater) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolutio ...
(1825), the bas-reliefs above the doors of
St. Isaac's Cathedral, and an outdoor bronze statue of
Emperor Paul in
Gatchina.
Works
* Large headboard group crowning the Bauman Higher Technical School in Moscow, formerly the Trade Educationa Establishment technical training center. 1820s.
* No. 14 Solyanka street, designed by
Giacomo Gilardi, bas reliefs, 1823-26
* No. 14 Leninsky Prospekt, gateway pillars (1835), and a fountain in the forecourt that "originally stood in
Dzerzhinsky Square."
File:Städtisches Lapidarium-051-0851.jpg, The statue of Venus removing her sandals (Stuttgart)
File:2011-07-08 Гатчина, памятник Павлу I (6) (cut).jpg, The statue of Emperor Paul in Gatchina
File:Петровский фонтан 3.jpg, Petrovka Fountain in Moscow
File:"Никольский фонтан" перед Александринским дворцом.jpg, Vitali's fountain in the Neskuchny Garden
File:Fragment of west barelief on St.Isaac cathedral.jpg, St. Isaac's Cathedral
References
Bibliography
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* Якирина Т. В., Одноралов Н. В., Витали, Л.-М., 1960.
19th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire
19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire
Russian male sculptors
Neoclassical sculptors
People from the Russian Empire of Italian descent
1794 births
1855 deaths
Artists from Saint Petersburg
Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery
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