Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The niches beneath the porticos of the Uffizi Gallery were originally designed by Vasari purely as architectural features but by the first half of the 19th Century on the initiative of the printer Vincenzo Batelli (1786-1858) they were occupied by 28 marble statues of famous people from the worlds of politics, art, literature, science, the judiciary and also religious figures. These 28 statues are sculpted by 24 Italian sculptors (four of them made two statues each: Grazzini 2 and 15; Fedi 4 and 24; Duprè 5 and 25; and Fantacchiotti 12 and 26).

Location of the statues (from Lastra online)

1. COSIMO PATER PATRIAE Signed: l.m.f. Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici known as il Vecchio (Firenze 1389 - Careggi 1464) Italian banker and politician, the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Luigi Magi, 1846	2. LORENZO IL MAGNIFICO No (visible) signature Lorenzo de' Medici (Firenze 1449 - Carregi 1492) Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Gaetano Grazzini, 1846	3. ANDREA ORGAGNA Signed: n. bazzanti f. Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo better known as L'Orcagna (c. 1310 - 1368) Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Niccolò Bazzani, 1843	4. NICCOLA PISANO Signed: p. fedi s. Nicola Pisano (1215/20 - 1278/84) sculptor and architect from Pisa (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Pio Fedi, 1849
5. GIOTTO No (visible) signature Giotto di Bondone (Vespignano c. 1267 - Firenze 1337) Italian painter and architect from Florence (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Giovanni Duprè, 1845	6. DONATELLO No (visible) signature Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, known as Donatello (Firenze 1386 - Firenze 1466) early Renaissance Italian sculptor (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Girolamo Torrini, 1848	7. LEON BATT. ALBERTI No (visible) signature Leon Battista Alberti (Genova 1404 - Rome 1472) Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Giovanni Lusini, 1850	8. LEONARDO DA VINCI No (visible) signature Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1462 - Amboise 1519) Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Luigi Pampaloni, 1842
9. MICHELANG. BUONAROTTI No (visible) signature Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475 - Roma 1564) Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Emilio Santarelli, 1842	10. DANTE ALLIGHIERI Signed: e. demi f. Durante degli Alighieri, known as Dante (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Emilio Demi, 1842	11. FRANCESCO PETRARCA Signed: a. leoni f. l'a° 1845 Francesco Petrarca (Arezzo 1304 - Arquà 1374) Italian scholar and poet (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Andrea Leoni, 1845	12. GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO No (visible) signature Giovanni Boccaccio (Certaldo 1313 - Certaldo 1375) Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Odoardo Fantacchiotti, 1843
13. NICCOLÒ MACCHIAVELLI No (visible) signature Niccolò Machiavelli (Firenze 1469 - Firenze 1527) Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Lorenzo Bartolini, 1843	14. F. GUICCIARDINI Signed: L. Cartei. F. 1847 Francesco Guicciardini (Firenze 1483 - Arcetri 1540) Italian historian and statesman (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Luigi Cartei, 1847	15. AMERIGO VESPUCCI Signed: gaeo grazin... Amerigo Vespucci (Firenze 1454 - Sevilla 1512) Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer; because of his description of the New World, that continent got his name 'America' (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Gaetano Grazzini, 1846	16. FARNATA DEGLI UBERTI Signed: fo pozzi s. Farinata degli Uberti (Firenze c. 1212 - Firenze 1264) Italian aristocrat and military leader (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Francesco Pozzi, 1844
17. PIER CAPPONI No (visible) signature Pier Capponi (Firenze 1447 - Soiana 1496) Italian statesman and warrior from Florence (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Torello Bacci, 1844	18. GIOVANNI DELLE BANDE NERE No (visible) signature Ludovico di Giovanni de' Medici, known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere (Forlì 1498 - Mantova 1526) Italian condottiero (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Temistocle Guerrazzi, 1856	19. FRANCESCO FERRUCCI No (visible) signature Francesco Ferrucci (Firenze 1489 - Gavinana 1530) Italian captain from Florence who fought in the Italian Wars (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Pasquale Romanelli, 1847	20. GALILEO GALILEI Signed: costoli Galileo Galilei (Pisa 1564 - Arcetri 1642) Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Aristodemo Costoli, 1851
21. PIER ANTONIO MICHELI Signed: v. consani di lvcca f. 1856 Pier Antonio Micheli (Firenze 1679 - Firenze 1737) Italian botanist (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Vincenzo Consani, 1856	22. FRANCESCO REDI No (visible) signature Francesco Redi (Arezzo 1626 - Pisa 1698) Italian physician, naturalist, biologist and poet (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Pietro Costa (?), 1854 or 1880s (Costa was born 1849, but other sources (1, 2) date the statue 1854; the Dizionario Biografico says the statue dates from the 1880s, - an other site gives a sculptor Paolo Costa	23. PAOLO MASCAGNI Signed: lco. caselli s Paolo Mascagni (Pomarance 1755 - Chiusdino 1815) Italian physician, known for his study of human anatomy (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Lodovico Caselli, 1852	24. ANDREA CESALPINO Signed: fedi s. Andrea Cesalpino (Arezzo 1519 - Roma 1603) Italian physician, philosopher and botanist. (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Pio Fedi, 1854
25. S. ANTONINO Signed: g. duprè f. 1854 Antonino Pierozzi, known as sant'Antonino da Firenze (Firenze 1389 - Montughi 1459) Italian Dominican friar, who ruled as an Archbishop of Florence (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Giovanni Dupré, 1854	26. ACCORSO No (visible) signature Accorso di Bagnolo, also Accursio (Impruneta 1184 - Bologna 1263) Roman jurist (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Odoardo Fantacchiotti, 1852	27. GUIDO ARETINO Signed: lo nencini f. 1847 Guido monaco, also known as Guido d'Arezzo (c. 991-992 - after 1033) Italian music theorist (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Lorenzo Nencini, 1847	28. BENVENUTO CELLINI Signed: ulisse cambi f. 1845 Benvenuto Cellini (Firenze 1500 - Firenze 1571) Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Ulisse Cambi, 1845

Sculptors

• Torello Bacci (Livorno or Firenze/Florence c. 1818 - after 1873), Italian sculptor.
  
• Lorenzo Bartolini (Vernio 1777 - Firenze/Florence 1850), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Niccolò Bazzani (Firenze/Florence 1802 - after 1862), Italian sculptor.
  
• Ulisse Cambi (Firenze/Florence 1807 - Firenze/Florence 1895), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Luigi Cartei (1822-1891), Italian sculptor.
  
• Lodovico Caselli (Siena 1817 - post 1862), Italian sculptor.
  
• Vincenzo Consani (Lucca 1818 - Firenze/Florence 1887), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia - Dizionario Biografico).
  
• Pietro Costa (Celle Ligure 1849 - Roma 1901), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia - Dizionario Biografico).
  
• Aristodemo Costoli (Firenze/Florence 1803 - Firenze/Florence 1871), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia - Dizionario Biografico).
  
• Paolo Emilio Demi (Livorno 1798 - Livorno 1863), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Giovanni Duprè (Firenze/Florence 1817 - Firenze/Florence 1882), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Odoardo Fantacchiotti (Roma 1811 - Firenze/Florence 1877), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia - Dizionario Biografico).
  
• Pio Fedi (Viterbo 1816 - Firenze/Florence 1892), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Gaetano Grazzini (Firenze/Florence 1786 - Firenze/Florence 1858), Italian sculptor (Dizionario Biografico).
  
• Temistocle Guerrazzi (Livorno 1806 - Livorno 1884), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Andrea Leoni (Firenze/Florence 1781 - Firenze/Florence 1854), Italian sculptor.
  
• Giovanni Lusini (Siena 1809 - Firenze/Florence 1889), Italian sculptor.
  
• Luigi Magi (Asciano 1804 - Firenze/Florence 1871), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Lorenzo Nencini (1806 - 1854), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Luigi Pampaloni (Firenze/Florence 1791 - Firenze/Florence 1847), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Francesco Pozzi (Portoferraio 1790 - Firenze/Florence 1844), Italian sculptor.
  
• Pasquale Romanelli (Firenze/Florence 1812 - Firenze/Florence 1887), Italian sculptor, father of Raffaello Romanelli (Wikipedia).
  
• Emilio Santarelli (Firenze/Florence 1801 - Firenze/Florence 1886), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Girolamo Torrini (Firenze/Florence 1795 - Firenze/Florence 1853), Italian sculptor.

Sources & Information

• The Museums of Florence, The strange story of the 28 statues in the niches of the Uffizi Colonnade.
• Lastra online, Loggiato degli Uffizi in Firenze.
• Tutt Art, La Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze.
• Wikipedia, Galleria degli Uffizi.
• Stefania Iacopozzi, Le statue degli illustri toscani nel loggiato degli Uffizi (Firenze 2000).

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