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Cesare Fantacchiotti

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Cesare Fantacchiotti
Born1849
Florence, Italy
Died1922
NationalityItalian
Known forSculptor

Cesare Fantacchiotti (1844 – 1922) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

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He was born in Florence, the son of the famous sculptor Odoardo Fantacchiotti. Cesare sculpted two of the statues (Boccaccio and Accursio at the base of the Loggia of the Uffizi depicting famous Tuscans. He made the Monument to Giuseppe Giusti at Monsummano. his studio in Florence was at Via Panicale #39.[1] He completed the statue of San Bartolomeo for exterior of the Duomo of Florence.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bacciotti's Handbook of Florence and Its Environs, by Emilio Bacciotti (1885), page 30-31.
  2. ^ History of Modern Italian Art By Ashton Rollins Willard; (1900) page 219.