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Name
  
Aristodemo Costoli


Died
  
1871

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Aristodemo Costoli (1803–1871) was an Italian sculptor who spent his entire career in the city of Florence. His students included Girolamo Masini, Augusto Rivalta and his son Leopoldo Costoli.

Partial anthology of works

Florence

  • Galileo in Tribune of Galileo, at Museo della Specola (1832);
  • Pegasus, in Giardino di Boboli;
  • tondo dedicated to Arnolfo di Cambio in Duomo di Firenze;
  • bust of Cosimo Buonarroti and Rosina Vendramin, in Casa Buonarroti;
  • Monument to L. Matteucci(1845), in Badia Fiorentina;
  • Discovery of America, in Hall 5 of Galleria d'arte moderna (Firenze) in Palazzo Pitti;
  • Monument to Galileo, exterior Uffizi (1851);
  • Jeremiah (Palazzo Pitti);
  • Funeral Monument to Della Gherardesca (Santa Maria del Fiore a Lapo);
  • Bas-relief of Villa Paolina (Sesto Fiorentino).
  • Other Cities of Italy

  • Genoa: Prudence and Columbus placing flag on Beach (1862), monument to Christopher Columbus.
  • Ancona: Monument to Cavour (1868), with statue dedicated to Cavour and two bas-reliefs, at Cavour square.
  • Pisa: Monument to Angelica Catalani (1859), at Camposanto.
  • Lucca: Bust of Leopold II, Museo nazionale di villa Guinigi.
  • Other countries:

  • Santiago, Chile: Monument to Pedro de Valdivia
  • Sankt Peterburg: Memorial to Ekaterina Arkadievna Kotchoubey and her daughter Vera
  • Private commissions, England.
  • References

    Aristodemo Costoli Wikipedia