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

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's main assistants. He was the brother of the sculptor Tito Tadolini (1828-1910), and in turn father of sculptor

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(1849–1918). His works were in a romantic form of the Neo-classical tradition. Tadolini was trained in his father's studio. His first major work was ''Ninfa Pescatrice'' (Nymph Fishing) in 1846. During his career, he created a statue of Santa Lucia for the

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, and ''St Michael Overcoming Satan'', commissioned by merchant Gardner Brewer and now in

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. His family's studio, at 150a-b Via del Babuino, Rome, has now been restored as the

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, which preserves the works of Canova and the Tadolini family.

Selected works

* ''Ninfa Pescatrice'' (Nymph Fishing), 1846 * ''Seated Female Fishing'', 1858 * ''St Michael Overcoming Satan'', Boston College, USA, 1865–9 * ''The Greek Slave'', 1871 * ''Eve'', in the

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, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, c. 1875 * ''Ceres and Bacchus'', 1881 * ''Figure of an Odalesque'', 1882 * ''King Vittorio Emanuele II'' in the Senate, Rome

References

Glasgow Sculpture

Richard Redding Antiques

Museo Atelier Canova Tadolini
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