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Description

Large marble monument depicting, in the center, a statue of Count Demidoff, seated, embracing his son Anatoly*, while Gratitude lies by their side.

* Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (St. Petersburg 1813 - Paris 1870), Russian industrialist, diplomat and arts patron of the Demidov family (Wikipedia).

At the four corners are allegorical groups.

La Misericordia (o La Carità) / Mercy	La Siberia con il Dio Plauto / Siberia with the god Pluto
La Musa dei festini / The Muse of Festivals	La Verità che si disvela all'arte / Truth as it revealed to Art

On the sides and the back of the base, between the allegorical statues, are three reliefs:

La Beneficenza di Anatolio Demidoff - The Charity of Anatoli Demidov

Coat of arms of the Demidov family

La morte di Niccolò Demidoff - The death of Nikolaj Demidov

The monument is shelved under a cast iron and glass roof in 1911.

Inscription(s)

perchè il popolo di san niccolò avesse ognora dinanzi memoria viva del commendatore niccola demidoff indefesso benefattore munifico il figlio principe anatolio al comune di firenze questo monumento donò mdccclxx

Signature

Sculptors

• Lorenzo Bartolini (Vernio 1777 - Firenze/Florence 1850), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Pasquale Romanelli (Firenze/Florence 1812 - Firenze/Florence 1887), Italian sculptor, father of Raffaello Romanelli (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Repertorio delle architecture civili di Firenze, Monumento a Nicola Demidoff.
• Wikipedia, Monument to Nicola Demidoff, Florence.
• Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Tags

Locatie (N 43°45'54" - E 11°15'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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