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Carrara
Massa-Carrara
Toscana

Piazza Antonio Gramsci

Giuseppe Verdi

Le Roncole 1813 - Milano 1901
Italian opera composer
(Wikipedia)

Peppino Dell'Amico
1919

Description

Monument consisting of a large white marble stele with at the top a portrait medaillon of Verdi and on its sides a two classical figures in high-relief. The man to the right covers his face as if to want to get out of reality. Carrarese Peppino dell'Amico, The sculptor was inspired by the verses of the song composed by G. D'Annunzio in honor of Verdi "gave a voice to hopes and mourning, wept and loved for all."

Inscription(s)

A
GIUSEPPE VERDI
CARRARA

x ottobre
mcmxix

diede una voce alle speranze e a tutti
pianse ed amò per tutti

Signature

g. dell'amico

Sculptor

Peppino dell'Amico, Italian sculptor from Carrara.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Carrara.
XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, 2010, p. 187 (PDF on-line).
Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?
Soprintendenza patrimonio storico, artistico ed etnoantropologico e per i beni architettonici e paesaggio per le Province di Lucca e Massa Carrara, Carrara - Statuaria pubblica e installazioni.

Locatie (N 44°4'44" - E 10°6'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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